Class IV. UNCTUOUS SUCKER. 179 



Denies of Beawnaris, in the ninth volume of 

 the Naturalist's Miscellany, tab. 3 1 0, and differs 

 from the common sort, merely in the brilliancy 

 of its colors. " The back," says that accurate 

 naturalist, " is of a fine azure, deepening to- 

 wards the edge ; the sides are tinged with crim- 

 son ; the mouth, sides of the head, and all the 

 under parts to the tail, are of a delicate sea- 

 green, with a silvery tinge on the cheeks, the 

 pectoral fins, and the part of the body next the 

 tail; the iris is likewise silvery, the pupil black; 

 the tins and tail terminate in a fine pale yellow. 5 ' 

 Ed. 



Liparis? Rondel. 272. Gesner Syst. 414. Gm. Lin. 1477. 2. Uncto- 



pise. 483. Cyclogaster. Gronov. Zooph. ous " 



Liparis nostras Dunelm et Ebo- No. 1Q8. 



rac. Sea Snail. Wil. Ichth. La Cycloptere barbue. Block 



App. 17. Rati Syn. pise. 74. ichth. iv. 56. tab. 123. Jig. 



Pet. Gaz. tab. bl.Jig. 5. 3. 4. 



Liparis. Arted. Synon. 177. Le Cycloptere Liparis. De la 



Cyclopterus Liparis. C cor- Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 



pore nudo, pinnis dorsali ii. 6Q. 

 anali caudalique unitis. Lin. 



JlHIS fish takes the name of sea snail from 

 the soft and unctuous texture of its body, resem- 

 bling that of the land snail. It is almost trans- 

 parent, and soon dissolves and melts away. It 

 is found in the sea near the mouths of great 



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