﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  225 
  

  

  Family 
  DISCOBOLI, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CYCLOPTERUS, 
  Linnaeus. 
  

  

  Cyclopterus 
  lumpus, 
  Linn. 
  Lumpsucker. 
  " 
  Paddle 
  Cock." 
  

   " 
  Pari 
  Hen." 
  " 
  Runker." 
  

  

  Common 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  Seldom 
  used 
  as 
  food, 
  

   but 
  by 
  some 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  good, 
  after 
  having 
  been 
  skinned 
  

   and 
  hung 
  in 
  peat- 
  smoke 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  . 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Day, 
  this 
  fish 
  "comes 
  in 
  -shore," 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  spawning, 
  "from 
  March 
  until 
  May." 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  

   the 
  spawn 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  deep 
  water, 
  upon 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  

   February, 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  already 
  hatched 
  and 
  the 
  

   rest 
  all 
  alive 
  and 
  ready 
  to 
  emerge 
  from 
  the 
  eggs. 
  The 
  spawn 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  often 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  rock-pools 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  

   in 
  the 
  months 
  mentioned 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  just 
  quoted. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LIPARIS, 
  Artedi. 
  

  

  Liparis 
  vulgaris, 
  Flem. 
  Unctuous 
  Sucker. 
  "Sea 
  Snail." 
  

  

  Rare. 
  " 
  Has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  " 
  (Parnell), 
  

   St. 
  Andrews 
  (M'Intosh), 
  Montrose 
  (Howden), 
  Banff 
  (Edward), 
  

   Sutherland 
  (Houstoun), 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Kincardineshire 
  coast 
  by 
  

   the 
  writer. 
  

  

  Liparis 
  montagui, 
  Guv. 
  Montagu's 
  Sucker. 
  

  

  "Abundant 
  in 
  rock-pools." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  " 
  Once 
  met 
  with." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  "Wick 
  Bay." 
  (Peach.) 
  Fairly 
  common 
  in 
  rock- 
  

   pools 
  south 
  of 
  Aberdeen, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  generally 
  found 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  stones 
  and 
  weed. 
  

  

  Family 
  GOBIESOCID^E, 
  Sleeker. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LEPADOGASTER, 
  Chum. 
  

  

  Lepadogaster 
  gouanii, 
  Lacep. 
  Cornish 
  Sucker. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  common. 
  It 
  is 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  Montrose 
  Museum, 
  and 
  several 
  examples 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  on 
  Aberdeen 
  Beach 
  by 
  me. 
  

  

  