PLATE 101 
PLATE XLVII. 
CYCLOPTERUS LIPARIS. 
UNCTUOUS LUMP-SUCKER. 
* PISCES BRANCHIOSTEGI. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head obtuse, mouth in the anterior part : tongue short and thick, 
jaws furnished with numerous minute sharp teeth. Branchostegous 
Membrane with four rays : cover of a single piece. Body short, thick, 
destitute of scales. Ventral fins connected: the sucker between them. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Body naked : dorsal, anal, and tail fin united. 
^Yclofterus Liparis : corpore nudo, pinnis dorsali anali cauda- 
lique unitis. Art. Syn. p. in. n. 1. — ■ 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1417. sp. 3.— *et Cy- 
clopterus lineatus. 1478. sp. 8. 
Cyclopterus pinna pectorali-barbiformi. Bloch. Aus. Fisch, 1 . 
p. 48. n. 2. t. 123./. 3. 4. 
Cyclogaster. Gronov. Mus. 2. 157. Act. helv. 4. p. 265. t. 23. 
S ea Snail. Wil. Icht. App. 17. Rail syn. pise. 74. 
Unctuous Lump-sucker. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 135, n. 58. 
