The Blennies : Blenniidae 



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belong to other related genera, Chasmodes bosquianus being 

 most common. Blennius yatabei abounds in Japan. In Petro- 

 scirtes and its allies the gill-openings are much restricted. The 



FIG. 450. Rock -skipper, AUicus atlantictis. San Cristobal, Lower Cal. 



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FIG. 451. Lizard-skipper. AUi-ms j .liens (Forstc.). A blenny which lies out of 

 water on lava rocks, leap : ng from one to another with great agility. From 

 nature; specimen from Point Distress, futuila Island, Samoa. (About one- 

 half size.) 



species are mainly Asiatic and Polynesian and are very prettily 

 colored. Petroscirtes clegans and P. trossidus adorn the Japanese 



