LTJMPENUS LAMPETKIFORMIS ON THE COAST OF SCOTLAND, 



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these appendages are about | inch long, while in others they are 

 barely half that length. Is this dilFerence in the stomach and 

 intestines due to, or is this arrangement necessary to meet, the 



Figs. 1 and 2. Stomach and intestines of Centronotus gunnelliis. 



Fig. 3. Stomach and intestines of Zoarces viviparus. 



Fig, 4. Stomach and intestines of Lumpenus lampetriformis. 



diiferent conditions of food and habitat sustained by Lum/penus 

 in comparison with its allies ? 



Turniug to the Viviparous Blenny {Zoarces viviparus), as com- 

 pared with Zuvtpenus, the difference in some points is greater than 

 in the case of the latter and Centronotus ; while in other particulars 

 Lumpenus and Zoarces approach much more nearly to one 

 another. In external form, Lumpenus is long and somewhat 



