which is five or six feet long, a most dangerous antagonist when the fisherman comes in direct conflict with it.
The hand-fishes of the tropics are very small, but their grotesque appearance and hand-shaped fins, suited for creeping, make them very
Fig. 20.—Sea-Wolf {Anarrhichas lupus).
proper subjects of notice in this connection. One very small species is found on our Atlantic coast.
Nor ought the lump-fish (Fig. 21) to be omitted in this enumeration; for, although it is not specially remarkable in its general aspect, it is very remarkable in at least one portion of its structure. It has
Fig. 21.—Lump-fish {Cyclopterus lumpus, Linnæus).
its ventral fins united so as to form a cup-shaped disk, and by means of this disk this fish is able to attach itself to any surface with great firmness. Pennant states that, upon putting one into a pailful of water, it adhered to the bottom so firmly that he lifted it by the fish's tail.
Fig. 22.—Sword-fish.
Nor ought we to omit to mention the sword-fish, although it exhibits nothing specially remarkable in its general form, excepting its sword-like prolongation of the jaw (Fig. 22). And on account of its
