History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

190 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Cyclopterc 8 .72. L. bimaculatus. Bimaculated Sucker.— Snout conical ;body attenuated. Dorsal fin with five rays ; no cirri in frontof tne eyes.Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 397- Mont. Linn. Trans, vii. p. 293. Don. Brit.Fishes, t. lxxviii. On the English coast.Length an inch and a half. Colour pink, with white spots ; pupil blue.Behind the pectoral fin, in maturity, on each side is a purple spot, surround.ed by a ring of white. P. 1 1, V. 4, A. 5, C. 12. This species was communicatedto Pennant by the Duchess of Portland, from Weymouth. Montagu ob.tained it, by dredging, at Forcross in abundance, adhering to stones and oldshells.Gen. XXXVI. LIPARIS.— Body smooth, produced; dorsaland anal fins long.73. L. vulgaris.Sea-snail.— Dorsal and anal fins united withthe caudal. Sucker circular ; the mesial ligament broad.Liparis nostras, Will. Ich. app. 17- Cyclopterus Liparis, Linn. Syst. i.414. Uncteous Sucker, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 135. C. L. Don. Brit.Fishes, xlvii. In salt-water, near the mouths of rivers ; common.Length 4 to 5 inches. Above dusky, beneath whitish ; sometimes thesides and back have purple stripes. D. 36, P. 32, A. 26, C. 12. When out ofthe water it soon dissolves.74. L. Montagui.— Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins disjoined.Sucker ovate ; the mesial ligamentnarrow.Cycop. Mon. Don. Brit. Fishes,t. lxviii. Mont. Wern. Mem. i. 91—Coast of Devon.Length 2 inches. Body rounded to the vent, compressed towards the tail;purplish-brown, with confluent spots. D. 26, P. and v. 29, A. 24, C 12. Frontof the head scalloped with six indentations.— This species has only been observedby Montagu, at extraordinary low tides, among the rocks at Milton,on the south coast of Devon.Gen. XXXVII. CYCLOPTERUS. Lump-fish. — Bodydeep, with ridges of osseous tubercles ;short.75. C. Lumpus. — Back sharp,elevated ;belly flat.dorsal and anal fins208— Lumpus, Sibb. Scot. 24. Will. Ich. Cyc. L. Linn. i.Syst. 414.Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 133— E, Lump, Sea Owl ; S, (male) Cock Padle,(female) Hen Padle, Hush, Bagaty.- Common on the coast.Length about 18 inches. Back dusky, belly and iridis red. Skin rough ;seven ridgesof tubercles. D. 1 1, P. 20, A. 10, C. 12. Flesh coarse and ofly ;seldom used as food.A single instance of the Echineis Remora occurring on our coast, is recordedby Dr Turton, in his British Fauna, p. 94, where he states, that one was" taken by the author in Swansea, from the back of a codfish in the summerof 1806."Gen. XXXVIII. MORHUA. Cod. — Fins large; bodytapering retrally.A single beard on the lower jaw.