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FISHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 64. Cyclopterus. 907 
nv>rt, round, the aperture nanov^ /thrown,; 
tail fhortj rounded, the others long ; orb or adhclion 
round, blueifli, with 12 radiate Ipots. 
Dorf. 41 ! p^n. 34 ; vent. 6 : an. 33; caud. is rays. 
’^keatus. Body naked i tlorfal and anal fins iMnnlng gradually kito 
Inhabit^s^the mile Sea j body chefnut, with ftraight and waved 
whltilb longitudinal bands, very thick at the bread and ta- 
pering behind.; this filh is not fufficiently didinct from 
Head dep'refied. Hoping, obtufe, a little broader than the body ; 
eyes in the middle of the head, pupil white, iris blueifh ; 
ftps covered with a thick Ikin, papillous within; tongue 
fmall loofe ; jatos with a double row of crowded, {harp teeth, 
the upper a littk longer; back gibbous ; dorfal and anal fins 
with Imall pale green bands ; p eBoral hrge, lunate; caudal 
vprv fmall- orb of adhefron thick, fleihy, hollow m the 
roi/dle, protuberant at the edge, and befet vvith reddl.^i 
papillj?. 
kpido- 
S°Jier. 
Body naked, flippery, tapering both ways ; ^ut trun- 
cate ; before each eye a fmall filament. Jura Sy 
Inhabits the coad of CornaiaW; 4 inches long. 
Sdulky ; teeth fmall; behind the 2 fern dunar marks ; 
in the m^le of the bach an oval mark, formed by fmall 
dots of a whitidi colour ; dorfal fin near the tail and op- 
pofite to the anal ; tail rounded. . 
Dorf. ri ; pect. — : vent. 4 : caud. — rays. 
Head flat, tumid each fide, tapering to a point; pcaoral 
fins placed near the nape. B maculated S. 
Found near Weymouth : fmallerthan the lad ; body fine pmk ; 
fins whitilh; each fide the indruraent of adhefron a ropn^, 
black fpot ; tail even at the end. ' 
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