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ACCOUNT OF FIVE RARE SPECIES 



the ground colour is dull orange, covered with 

 minute confluent spots of the former J the under 

 parts are paler, and about the throat and sucker, 

 white. 



This species of Cyclopterus, like the Cornubicus 

 or Jura-sucker of Pennant, inhabits only the 

 rocky parts of the coast, and of cour ,e is rarely 

 taken by the dredge : those I have obtained, were 

 taken at extraordinary low tides, among the rocks 

 at Milton, on the south coast of Devon, one in- 

 stance excepted ; and the number altogether has 

 not exceeded a dozen. 



When it is adhering to a rock, the posterior 

 part of the body is frequently turned to one side, 

 nearly parallel with the anterior part, and the tail 

 brought close to the head. In this particular, 

 however, it is not singular, as the Bimaculated 

 Sucker is frequently observed in that position. 

 This last-mentioned species has something pecu- 

 liar in its eyes, which deserves notice : they are 

 extremely prominent, capable of very consider- 

 able motion, and are independent of each other \ 

 one is frequently turned upwards, while the other 

 is looking downwards ; but, what I never could 

 observe in any of the other species is, that the eye 

 revolves within a fixed transparent sphere, which 

 protects that delicate organ. 



