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BIMACULATED SUCKER. 



Cyclopterus Bimaculatus. C. roseus, macula utrinque xientrali 

 nigra. 



Rose-coloured Sucker, with a black spot on each side the 

 abdomen. 



Bimaculated Sucker. Fenn. Brit. ZooL 



A VERY small species : head flat, and tumid on 

 each side : body taper : pectoral fins placed un- 

 usually high : dorsal fin single, and placed low^ or 

 near the tail, which is even at the end : colour of 

 the head and body bright pink ; of the fins whitish : 

 on each side the engine of adherence on the belly 

 is a round black spot. Native of the European^ 

 seas : observed neer Weymouth. 



