176 LUMP SUCKER. Class IV. 



GENUS XIII. SUCKER. 



Body thick, back arched. 

 Fins ventral, united. 



1. Lump. Lumpus anglorum. Gesner pore squamis osseis angula- 



Paralip. 25. to. Lin. Syst. 414. Gm. 



Seehaess, Haffpodde. Scho- Lin. 1473. 



nevelde, 41. Sjurygg-fisk, Stenbit, Quabb- 



Cyclopterus. Arted. Synon. su. Faun. Suec. No. 320. 



87- Gronov. Zooph. No. Le Lievre de Mer. Blocli 



197. ichtk iii. 92. tab. go. 



Lump, or Sea-Owl, Scotis Le Cycloptere Lompe. De la 



Cock paddle. Wil. Ichtk. Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



208. Raii Syn.pisc. 77. ii. 62. 



Cyclopterus Lumpus. C. cor- 



Descrip- JL HIS singular fish increases to the weight of 

 seven pounds, and the length of nineteen inches : 

 the shape of the body is like that of the bream, 

 deep and very thick, and it swims edgeways ; 

 the back is sharp and elevated ; the belly flat ; 

 the irides are of a cherry color ; the lips, mouth, 

 and tongue, of a deeper red; the jaws lined 

 with innumerable small teeth ; the tongue very 

 thick ; along the ridge of the back is a row of 

 large bony tubercles; from above the eye to 

 within a small distance of the tail is another 

 row ; beneath that a third, commencing at the 



