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ward of the Arctic circle. It rarely much exceeds an inch in length, and is there- 

 fore not used by the natives of Greenland as food, but constitutes the chief means 

 of subsistence to the several species of gulls which are seen hovering over those 

 banks of sea-weed in astonishing numbers." Ross, /. c. 



[107.] 3. Cyclopterus spinosus. (Fabricius.) Spiny lump. 



Cyclopteius spinosus. Fabr., Faun. Grain/., p. 134. 

 Nepeesardlook. Greenlanders. 



Fabricius saw but a single individual of this species, which he obtained in the 

 southern part of Greenland. It is not eaten by the natives. 



The tubercles of the skin are not ranged in rows as in the lump, their bases are 

 rough, and they rise into a longish spine in the centre, the largest being upon the 

 upper parts, while the belly is smooth. The first dorsal is not so high, nor so 

 thick, as in the lump, and its edge is not armed with tubercles, but its soft rays 

 are evident enough. The hue of the fish is blackish, the belly whitish, and the 

 twelve first rays of the pectorals quite white. Fins. — Br. 6 ; D. 6 — 11 ; P. 23 ; 

 V. 6 ; A. 10 ; C. 10.— Fauna Grcenl 



[108.] 4. Cyclopterus ventricosus. (Pallas.) Bellying lump. 



Cyclopterus ventricosus. Pall., Spicileg., II., 1, 2, 3. 

 Lepadogaster ventricosus. Schneid., Block, p. 3. 



This species being an inhabitant of the straits which separate Kamtschatka from 

 America, and therefore belonging equally to both continents, ought to be enumerated 

 in a list of American fish. 



[109.] 1. Cyclopterus (Liparis) communis. (Artedi.) Unctuous sucker. 



Family, Discoboli. Cuv. Genus, Cyclopterus. Linn. Sub-gemts, Liparis, Artedi. 

 Cyclopterus liparis. Fabr., Faun. Groenl., p. 135. Ross, App. Parry's Polar Voyage, p. 199. 

 Liparis communis. Sabine, App. Parry's First Voyage, p. ccxii. ; Ross, App., p. xlvii. 

 Abapokeetsok. Greenlanders. Sea-snail. Yorkshire Fishermen. 



The Unctuous sucker is said to inhabit all the northern seas. It abounds on 



