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fish, referred to in connexion with the solenette, [ante, p. 207, 208,] is the 
only Irish one which has come under my inspection. 
The Cornish Sucker, or Ocellated Sucker, 
Lepadogaster Cornubiensis, Flem., 
Has been taken on the North-East and West coasts. 
The following notes were published by me in the Proceedings of the 
Zoological Society for 1835 : — 
“ The only Irish specimen of this fish which I have seen was taken by Pro- 
fessor Harvey on the coast of Clare. The number of fin-rays in this specimen 
differs very much from that stated by Pennant and Donovan to exist in the 
ocellated sucker : 
Pennant gives . . D. 11 ; A. 9 ; V. 4 ; 
Donovan . . . D. 11; A. 10; P. 17 ;C. 6; 
Dr. Harvey’s specimen has D. 20 ; A. 11 ; Y. 4; P. 19 ; C. 14; B. 6; 
and exhibits, in addition to the two filaments which appear before each eye, a 
third fleshy appendage placed nearer to the eye, and unconnected with the 
others. Notwithstanding these discrepancies, the general accordance of Dr. 
Harvey’s fish with the figures of the Ocellated Sucker given by the authors above- 
quoted, and its possessing the character whence the trivial name has been de- 
rived, make me unwilling, without further investigation, to consider the species 
distinct.” 
In the Ordnance Memoir of County Londonderry (Notices, p. 14), it is 
stated that 
“several specimens were received in Oct., 1837, from Portrush (near the 
Giant’s Causeway). Their colour was a rich blue, the spots behind the eyes 
being of a deeper tint.” 
At Lahinch, in the County of Clare, Professor E. Forbes and I obtained 
two specimens in July, 1840, between tide-marks. Early in August, 1845, 
several examples, all full grown or nearly so, were taken under stones 
between tide-marks, at Tory Island, off Donegal, by Mr. Hyndman. 
The Bimaculated Sucker, Lepadogaster bimaculatus, Flem., 
Has been obtained on the North-East, East, and West of the island. 
The following notice of this species was communicated by me to the 
Linnaean Society, in the Session 1834-5, and is referred to in the Proceed- 
ings of the Zool. Society, 1835, p. 82. 
“ Cyclopterus bimaculatus, Don., Lepadogaster bimaculatus, Flem. — The only 
localities in which I find it stated that the Cyclopterus bimaculatus has occurred 
being the more southern shores of England, I trust that, in connexion with 
what I have before had the honour of communicating to the Linnaean Society 
on the subject of the Cyclopterus Montagui, the following observations in proof 
of the former species having a more extensive geographical range than yet al- 
lotted to it, will be at least deemed worthy the brief space they occupy. 
“ When dredging near to Bangor, in the County of Down, on the 3rd Sept., 
1834, accompanied by Mr. Hyndman, a specimen of Cyclopterus was brought 
up from a depth of 5 or 6 fathoms, which seemed to me C. bimaculatus. The 
spots from which this species derives its scientific as well as trivial English 
name, were, however, found to be wanting, though the specimens are of adult 
size ; the tail to be rounded and not ‘ even at the end,’ as that of the C. bima- 
culatus is described by Pennant and Montagu, and the pectoral fin to consist 
of about 18 instead of 11 rays, as attributed to it by Donovan and Fleming. 
“ All these differences, including the immaculate appearance, exist in the only 
other specimen I have obtained, which was taken in Strangford Lough, from 
a similar depth, during another dredging excursion in company with Mr. Hynd- 
man, on the 11th of Oct. last. 
