FISHES, CARTILAGI^£I. 40.41. 115 



40, LOPHIUS. Angler. 



154. L. piscatorius. Brownish, beneath whitish, depressed, 

 simply fringed round the edges of the head and 

 sides. 



Frog-fish, Sea Devil. Br. Zool.t. 18. Shaw v. t, 161. Donov. t. 101. 



Body 4 or 5 feet long, very thick and large in front, tapering to 

 the tail : head rounded in front, the lower-jaw longer, the upper 

 with a horny bristle before the eyes, and furnished with feverarl 

 long cirri: eyes large, iris radiate with white and brown: teeth 

 sharpi numerous, both in the jaws palate and tongue: dorfal-fin on 

 the lower? part of the back, 10-rayed ; pectoral large, rounded, 

 fcolloped, 24-rayed ; ventral shott, rigid, palmate, white, 5-rayed ; 

 anal near the tail, 9-rayed : tail rounded, 8-rayed^ 



41> CYCLOPTERU8. Sucker. 



155. C. Lumpus, Blackish-olive, beneath red : body: 

 angulate by T rows of sharp bony tubercles. 



Lump Sucker! Br. Zool. I. i\. Donovan, if. 10. Skaw x.t.ioG. 



2. Back very high, pyramidal. Shaw.' Zool. v. t. 166. 



3. Blue, silvery-green, and rofy. Nat. Miscell. 1. 10, ' ' 



Body 18 or 19 inches long, rough with tubercles* deep and thicks 

 sharp and raised on the back, flat on the belly : head short, sloping : 

 iris, lips, mouth and tongue red : nostrils single, tubular, near the 

 mouth : orb of adhesion -'oval, furrounded with thread-like appen- 

 dages : Jins reddish; dorfal near the tail 11-rayedj pectoral 20; 

 ventral 6 j anal to ; tail nearly even, 12-rayed. 



150, C. Liparis. Brownish with blackish spots, beneath 

 white : first ray of the ventral-fin elongated , pecto- 

 ral ventral and aiial united. 



Unctuous Sucker. Br. Zool. iii. f. 21, Shaw v. t.t66. 



2. Chefnut, with whitish undulate lines. Donov. f.47. 



Body about 5 inches long, taper, foft unctuous and femitranfpa* 

 rent, foon dissolv ing, brown with darker lines: belly protuberant 

 above the vent : upper-lip with 2 short cirri," a little longer than the 

 lower : nostrils double : orb of adhesion round, bluish, with 12 ra- 

 ' diate fpots : fins brownish ; dorsal 36-rayed ; pectoral 32 ; ventral 6 j 

 anal 26 \ tail rounded, 12-rayed. < 



157, C. Montacuti. Conical, transparent, rosy with round* 

 ish brown spots : ventral and anal-fins not reaching 

 to the tail. 



Diminutive Lump Sucker. Donavan*s British Fishes, t. 68. 



Body hardly an inch long, pale with a pink tinge, mar.ked with 

 numerous distinct roundish purplish-brown fpots : head large, ra* 

 ther inflated about the gills, contracting a little in front, gradually 

 decreasing to the tail : />«j&j7black ; iri* silvery : gill-covers dusky ; 

 erb of adhesion ovate, radiate: dorsal and anal-fins long, reaching- 

 nearly to the tail ; pectoral fj or 18-rayed: anal about" 32; tail 

 rounded, with 2 dark bands, 15-rayed. 



158. C. bimaculatus. Pale rosy,with a purple spot sur- 

 rounded by a white rin| on each of the sides : head 

 flattish, rather pointed in front \ 



Bimaculated Sucker. Br. Zool t. 22. Donov. t. 78. 



Body about an inch and a half long, pink and white in minute 

 fpots : head broad, tapering in front and ta the tail : toouth fmall 5 

 teeth fmall, regular z eyes large, pupil dark-blue, iris pink with a 

 jold inner circle : darsal-fin short, nearer tht tail 4 $-ray«& j fceteroi 



