480 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



Order A CANTHOPTER YGIL Fam. DISCOBOLI. 



LUMPSUCKEE. 



Cyclopterus lumpus, L. 



The Lumpsucker is sufficiently intermittent in its appearances 

 in the nets of our fishermen to have induced several of their 

 number to send specimens to me for identification. It is, how- 

 ever, a comparatively common fish in our shallow waters, visit- 

 ing Morecambe Bay as well as the English Solway. Mr. W. 

 Duckworth has occasionally eaten examples of the Lumpsucker, 

 while in earlier times this fish was frequently supplied for the 

 table of Lord William Howard, being entered in his accounts as 

 the ' pad,' ' sea pad,' and ' lump.' Dr. Heysham calls it the 

 ' Lumpfish ' or ' Sea Owl,' but the fishermen of the English 

 Solway generally apply the title of ' Sea hen ' to this species. 



UNCTUOUS SUCKEE. 



Liparis vulgaris, Flem. 



This small fish frequents the shallows of the English Solway, 

 and is often captured in the shrimp-nets. In life the Sucker of 

 this species is strongly adhesive, so that an Unctuous Sucker 

 will readily adhere to a finger, The white streaks of Couch's 

 figure are more pronounced than in our local specimens. 



MONTAGU'S SUCKEE. 



Liparis montagui (Donov. ). 



This small fish is not unfrequently captured in the shrimping 

 nets of the English Solway during the summer season. 



Order ACANTHOPTERYGII. Fam. GOBIIDjE. 



SLENDEE GOBY. 



Gobius gracilis, Jenyns. 

 This Goby is common in the shallow waters of the English 

 Solway, and is frequently taken by shrimpers. Its local name 

 is the ' Groundling.' 



