. Histories of new food fishes [microform] : II. the lump fish. Poissons; Poisson (Aliment); Lumpfish; Fish as food; Lompe; Fishes. rows, one along the middle line of the back, where it appears in fig. 2 surmounting the hump; two along each eide, and one on each ;o of the flattened ventral surface. In addition the whole body, lu-ad, and fins are thickly covered with fine tubercles, so that the fish feels verv. Hsis^^i,-; Kiffs. 1 and Aduli PiK. 2. ..ump-fish. ^f^ (Cyc Inptci us lumpiis) rough to the toueli. Hehind the hump can be seen a dorsal of the ordinary shape, but when the fi
. Histories of new food fishes [microform] : II. the lump fish. Poissons; Poisson (Aliment); Lumpfish; Fish as food; Lompe; Fishes. rows, one along the middle line of the back, where it appears in fig. 2 surmounting the hump; two along each eide, and one on each ;o of the flattened ventral surface. In addition the whole body, lu-ad, and fins are thickly covered with fine tubercles, so that the fish feels verv. Hsis^^i,-; Kiffs. 1 and Aduli PiK. 2. ..ump-fish. ^f^ (Cyc Inptci us lumpiis) rough to the toueli. Hehind the hump can be seen a dorsal of the ordinary shape, but when the fi>li was young (ti;:. 7) another tin was to be seen where the hump is now; this fin, however, becoming covered by the rising hump and at last not being seen at all. The hump results not from 'the upwar-d growth of the flesh, but is due to an enormous thickening of the skin, which is mostly made of soft cartilage a'.most gelatinous in consistency. The head is short and very blunt, and the pectoral and tail fins are large, with wide bases. The skeleton is not made of true bone but of hardeni^ or calcified cartilage, and all its parts as well as the skull can be easily cut. The joints of the backbone are not all of the same length, long and short ones being mixed in the series. The teeth are numerou- but weak, and are confined to the jaws. The shape and structure arc those of a fisli of sluggish habits, which does not range far, and which feeds on small and weak animals. It passes the greater part of the year on or near rocky bottoms, or concealed among floating ma.«ses of seaweed, where its favourite food likely occurs in abundance. It reaches a length of two feot and a weight of from sixteen to twenty jwunds, but the great majority average much less. OENERAI. DISTRIBUTION. It is found in the shore waters of North America from Greenland to New Jersey, and occurs also in Hudson bay. The most northern record is Isle Disko, lat. 70° N., and its most southern, lat. 37° N. On '^-
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