VENTRICOSE SUCKER. 



Cyclopterus Ventricosus. C. olimceus, abdomine ventricoso* 



Olivaceous Sucker, with ventricose abdomen. 



Cyclopterus ventricosus. C. corpore itudo, vesica urinaria 



amplissima gemina^ abdomen distendente^ Lin, GmeL PalL 



spic. zooL 7. p. 15. 



Length about a foot : skin covered with livid 

 mucous : habit approaching to that of the fV eesle 

 Gadus : head thick, blunt, and flattish on the top : 

 eyes lateral, on the upper part of the head : dorsal 

 fin whitish-yellow with black rays, of which the 

 sixth is longer than the rest : pectoral- fins wide : 

 tail suddenly attenuated beyond the vent : instru- 

 ment of suction orbicular or suboval, with a fleshy, 

 yellow, wrinkled disk, and a smooth, contractile 

 border. Native of the seas between America and 

 Kamtsch^tka. 



SNAIL SUCKER. 



Cyclopterus Liparis. C. sidfuscus, macuUs nigricantibus, subtvs 

 albidus, radio primo pinnarum pectoralium elongate. 



Brownish Sucker, with blackish spots, beneath whitish, witli 

 the first ray of the pectoral fins elongated. 



Cyclopterus Liparis. C.^ corpore nudo, pinnis dorsali anali 

 caudalique unitis, Lin. Syst, Nat, p. 414. 



Cyclopterus pinna pectorali barbiformi. Bloch. t. 133. f. 3. 4- 



Unctuous Sucker. Penn. Brit, Zool. 



Length from five to sixteen or eighteen inches : 

 shape lengthened, thick, compressed, soft, unctu- 



