Class IV. MONTAGU SUCKER. m 



Cyclopterus Montagui. Mon- Turton Br. Fauna. 115. 5. Montagu. 



tagu in Warn. Mem. 91. 

 tab. 5. f. 1. 



TION. 



[THIS species, which seldom exceeds two Descrip- 

 inches in length, was first discovered by the 

 able naturalist whose name it bears. The body 

 is rounded as far as the vent; the posterior 

 part somewhat compressed ; the head broad, 

 inflated about the gills ; the mouth armed with 

 several rows of teeth; the eyes small and 

 placed high ; before them are two minute erect 

 tubes or filaments ; the dorsal fin consists of 

 about twenty-six rays ; the anal of twenty-four; 

 the united pectoral and ventral fins, of twenty- 

 nine, and the tail of twelve ; the general color 

 of the body is a purplish brown, the under 

 parts and the sucker white; the latter is cir- 

 cular and composed of thirteen concave tuber- 

 cles ; the belly is very tumid. It inhabits only 

 the rocky parts of the coast, and has only been 

 obtained at extraordinary low tides, chiefly at 

 Milton on the south coast of Devonshire. Ed. 



respectable authority, enlarged the description and corrected 

 some trifling errors of the former edition, which arose from Mr. 

 Pennant never having had an opportunity of seeing a fresh spe- 

 cimen. Ed. 



