CYCLOPTERUS. SUCKER. 



Generic Character^ 



Caput obtusum : Dentes 



maxillares : Lingua bre- 



vis, crassa. 

 Corpus crassum, squamis 



nudum. 

 Pinnce centrales in orbicu- 



lum connatae. 



Head obtuse : Teeth in the 

 jaws : Tongue short and 

 thick. 



Bod^ thick, without scales. 



Ventral fins, united into a 

 circle. 



LUMP SUCKER. 



Cyclopterus Lumpus. C. nigricans, suhtus ruber, corpore tuber- 



cults osseis ajigulato. 

 Blackish Sucker, red beneath, with the body . angulated by 



bony tubercles. 



Cyclopterus Lumpus. C. corpore squamis osseis angulato. Lin. 

 Si/st. Nat. 



Cyclopterus ordinLbus tuberculorura septem. Block, t. 90^ 

 Lumpus Anglorum. Gesn, Will. S^c. 

 Lump Sucker. Fenn. Brit. ZooL 



^*ThIS singular fish (says Mr. Pennant)^ en- 

 creases to the weight of seven pounds, and to the 

 length of nineteen inches: the shape of the body is 

 like that of the bream, deep and very thick, and it 

 swims edgeways : the back is sharp and elevated, 

 the belly flat : the irides are of a cherry-colour, the 

 lips, mouth, and tongue of a deeper red : the jaw,s 



