190 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Cyclopterus. 
\ 72. L. bimaculatus. Bimaculated Sucker. — Snout conical ; 
body attenuated. Dorsal fin with five rays ; no cirri in front 
of the eyes. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 397* Mont. Linn. Trans, vii. p. 293. Don. Brit. 
Fishes, t. Ixxviii. Oh the English coast. 
Length an inch and a half. Colour pink, with white spots; pupil blue. 
Behind the pectoral fin, in maturity, on each side is a purple spot, surround»^ 
ed bv a ring of white. P. 11, V. 4, A. 5, C. 12. This species was communicat- 
ed to Pennant by the Duchess of Portland, from Weymouth. Montagu ob- 
tained it, by dredging, at Forcross in abundance, adhering to stones and old 
shells. ^ 
Gen. XXXVI. LIPARIS. — Body smooth, produced; dor- 
sal and anal fins long. 
^ 73. L. vulgaris. Sea-snail. — Dorsal and anal fins united with 
the caudal. Sucker circular ; the mesial ligament broad. 
Liparis nostras, Will. Ich. app. 17- Cyclojjterus Liparis, Linn. Syst. i. 
414. Uncteous Sucker, Peww. Brit. Zool. iii. 135. C. L. Z>cw. Brit. 
Fishes, xlvii. In salt-water, near the mouths of rivers ; common. 
Length 4 to 5 inches. Above dusky, beneath whitish ; sometimes the 
sides and back have purple stripes. D. 36, P. 32, A. 26, C. 12. When out of 
the water it soon dissolves. 
i 74. \j. Montagui. — Dorsal, anal, and caudal- fins disjoined. 
Sucker ovate ; the mesial ligament narrow. 
Cycop. Mon. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. Ixviii. Mont. Wern. Mem. i. 91. 
Coast of Devon. 
Length 2 inches. Body rounded to the vent, compressed towards the tail; 
purplish-brown, with confluent spots. D. 26, P. and v. 29, A. 24, C. 12. Front 
of the head scalloped with six indentations — This species has only been ob- 
served by Montagu, at extraordinary low tides, among the rocks at Milton, 
on the south coast of Devon. 
Gen. XXXVII. CYCLOPTERUS. Lump-fish. — Body 
deep, with ridges of osseous tubercles ; dorsal and anal fins 
short. 
\ 75. C. Lurrvpus. — Back sharp, elevated ; belly flat. 
Lumpus, Sihh. Scot. 24. Will. Ich. 208.— Cyc. L. Linn. Syst. i. 414. . 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 133 — £, Lump, Sea Owl; .S', (male) Cock Padle, 
(female) Hen Padle, Hush, Bagaty.- Common on the coast. 
Length about 18 inches. Back dusky, belly and iridis red. Skin rough ; 
seven ridges of tubercles. D. 11, P. 20, A. 10, C. 12. Flesh coarse and oily ; 
seldom used as food. 
A single instance of the EcMneis Remora occurring on our coast, is recorded 
by Dr Turton, in his British Fauna, p. 94, where he states, that one was 
“ taken by the author in Swansea, from the back of a codfish in the summer 
of 1806.” 
Gen. XXXVIII. MORHUA. Cod. — Fins large ; body 
tapering retrally. A single beard on the lower jaw. 
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