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MONTAGU’S SUCKER. 
Liparis Monfagni, 
Gyclopterus Montagui, 
Liparis Montagui, 
it 
Cuvier. Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 190. 
Jenyks; Manual, p. 473. 
Yarrell ; Br. Fistes, vol. ii, p. 374. 
Gunther; Catalogue Br. Museum, 
vol. iii, p. 161. 
This species was first described by George Montagu, Esq., 
wbo was commonly known as Colonel Montagu; and from that 
circumstance it obtained its secondary name. It is common on 
the shores of Cornwall and Devon, and also, as we learn from 
Mr. Thompson, round the coasts of Ireland; but it becomes 
more rare as we proceed northward or greatly to the south, 
although, as Mr. Peach informs me, an example has been obtained 
at Wick, in Scotland. With us it is seldom taken beyond the 
depth of four or five fathoms; and in the spring we discover 
it near low water mark, not unfrequently left by the tide and 
lying hid under a stone; in which position when uncovered, 
without much effort to escape, it usually assumes the curious 
habit of throwing its tail forward towards the side of the head. 
Its time of spawning is in the spring, and it has been seen 
greatly distended with spawn at the middle of April, the spawn 
lying very loose in the ovary. As food four examples of the 
Sandhopper have been taken from the stomach of a single 
individual. Some individuals of full growth were placed in a 
bottle with sea-water, where they readily attached themselves 
by the sucker to the sides, and even to the top with their 
backs downward; and when they chose to shift their places 
they as readily attached themselves to the fixed object again. 
At times their motions were lively, but at other times the con- 
trary. The actions of the dorsal fin appeared as if the hinder 
portion only moved; and as the structure of the anterior portion 
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