9o6 fishes. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 64 . Cyclopterus- 
henng ; dorfal fin nearer the tail, yellowilh-white, the ray* 
black ; pectoralhxoiA-, anal oppofite the dorfal, the fifth ray 
long r; caudal fubequal, the rays branched, e.xcept the out« 
ones ; oval of adhefion flelhy on the di(k, pale yellov'^t * 
. little wrinkled and papillous, the border foft and contraftil^^- 
DorJ.xo-. pcct. 18—20 : vent. 6 : an. 8—9 : caud. 10 ray'*’ 
Cglahnofus Body naked, fubdiaphanous, gelatinous 5 pedoral fins vef/ 
broad. 
Inhabits the eaftern part of Kamtfchatka, and the opp"'*'® 
fhores of America : about a foot and a half long ; body vdY 
flender, oblong, compreffed, thicker towards the head, 
gradually tapering to the tail, whitilh, with a rofy 
Ikin Imooth, very ioft ; when juft caught trembles * 
piece of jelly, and is lb rank as to be abhorred even b/ 
dogs. 
Head thick, nearly fquare, a little depreffed ; iris Iivid-gr£«^' 
luriounded by a blueifh ring ; nojlrils tubular, protnin®'? ' 
placed between the eyes and mouth ; between thefe and tb 
mouth each fide are 2 pores, and from the an^Ie of the 
to the valve of the gills ro others ; tongue hardly diften’' 
ah e ; hps doubled, thick, flelhy, the inner ones retraad* ’ 
gill-cover Ikmny, foft, conneaed wholly by a purplilh-bla^'; 
membrane, the aperture oval; inner border of the 
rough ; vent in the middle of the body ; dorfal and aiiol bjl 
cark violet, the rays foft, beginning a little behind the in' ' 
ole of the body and running down to the tail ; ventral 
cid, placed near the head, rounded, with foft rays ; orb O' 
adhefion fmall, foft, nipple-lhaped. 
Horf. 51 ; peEl, go : vent. — ; an. 45 ; caud. 6 rays. 
* Lip avis. 
Body naked ; dorfal, anal, and caudal fihs united. 
Unauous 
Inhabits the Northern feas as far as Kamtfchatka, and fometi®f 
gets up into rivers ; 5—18 inches long ; body elonga^f; 
thick, compreffed, foft, unftuous, mucous like a fnail, ^ 
tranlparent and Ibon melts away ; above brotvn, with dark^*^ 
iti'ipes, beneath white, fides and head yellow ' flefh 
and oily. ' ' 
Head large, thick, round; 
upper lip with 2 fhort 
eyes finall, vertical, iris yello'^ ; 
cirri ; upper jaro a little 
