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closelj approximate as liigli as body. Body transparent, covered 
witli dark sjmts, which are lai-ger and square-shape.l along lateral 
line ; anal and second dorsal fins equal and o])po.site ; tliird rav of 
first dorsal longest ; all the fins transparent, without dots ; end of 
tail square. 
In many re.spects this agrees with Gohius mimitus, but there are 
very marked diflerences, sutheient to establish its speciHc character. 
W hen transferred to the aquarium from tlie pool in which they 
were discovered, tlie.se. fish lived for a long time in quite fresh 
water, it gradually accustome.l to it, but when suddenly placed in 
cold fresh water they were apparently asphyxiated, all the fins 
becoming rigidly expanded. They took food readily from the 
hand, and would attach themselves to the sides of the glass in any 
position by means of the ventral lin. 
Cauuonvjius lyiu (L.) Gemmeous Dragonet. Yellow Skulpin. 
Norfolk listuary : common. 
Yarmouth ; “ very rare.” P. 
Ihe dusky skulpin is now proved to be the female or imma- 
ture male of this species. In the E.^tuary the adult male is com- 
paratively rare. 
I’.v.M. XX. — Discoboli. 
Cyclopterus LU.MPUS (L.) Lump fish. 
I have seen five or six large ones taken in the Norfolk Estuary 
within the last ten years. 
I aget mentions “one taken in the river’’ at Yarmouth, in 1819. 
“One in the Norwich iluseum, taken off rarmoutlr, January 
1848, weighed KU lbs.” — T. H. G. 
« fish is “esteemed by some a festival 
fish though It aflordeth but a glutinous jelly, and the skin is beset 
with stony knobs after no certain order.” 
Liparis vulgaris (Cuv.) Sea Snail. 
Norfolk Estuary : not common. Cromer. J. H. G 
Liparis moxtagui (Cuv.) iNlontague’s Sucker. 
1 have freqiientU' taken this, which is much more common here 
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