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DOUBLY SPOTTED SUCKER. 
Cyclopterus himaeulatus, 
Lepadogaster “ 
Lapadogasth'e ocelle, 
Lepadogaster himaeulatus 
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Turton’s Linnaeus. Donovan; pi. 78. 
Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 190. 
Risso. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 470. 
Yareell; Br. Pishes, vol. ii, p. 363. 
Guntiier; Catalogue Br. Museum, 
vol. iii, p. 014. 
We only give the English name as above, because it has 
been so applied by several writers; for it is but slightly des- 
criptive, and might with greater propriety be assigned to the 
Cornish Sucker. The species which bears it was" first made 
known by Pennant, but since his day it has been found far 
from uncommon in the west counties of England; and if we 
are right in our belief that it is, as Risso supposed, the same 
with that which he has called Lepadogaster ocellatus, it is also 
met with in the Mediterranean. On the other hand Nilsson 
says it has been taken off the west coast of Norway; where 
however, it is regarded as among the rarest of their fishes. In 
Cornwall examples of small size are met with under stones near 
low water mark; not far from which it is probable they are 
bred. They are also not unfrequently drawn up in crab-pots; 
but the larger individuals prefer deeper water, and their common 
resort is further from the land than is usual with the Cornish 
Sucker, from which beyond doubt it is a distinct species. An 
example an inch and a half in length, was thrown from the 
mouth of a fish as it was drawn up from a depth of thirty-eio-ht 
fathoms. ° 
A small example, placed in a cup of sea-water, appeared 
more aetive and observant than the last-named fish; and even 
when the body was still the pectoral fins were frequently in 
