MONTAGU'S BLKNNY. 249 



ACANTHOPTERYG1L GOB1AD/E* 



MONTAGU'S BLENNY. 



Blennius Montagui, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 206 & 207, sp. 121. 



,, galerita, MONTAGU, Mem. Wern. Soc. vol. i. p. 98, pi. v. fig. 2. 



Diminutive Blennif, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 277. 

 ,, Montagni, Cuv. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des. Poiss. t. xi. p. 234. 

 ,, galerita, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 381. 



Generic Characters. Head rounded and blunt; body smooth, unctuous, 

 compressed; a single elongated dorsal fin ; ventral fins placed before the pecto- 

 rals, and containing generally but two rays, united at the base ; teeth slender, 

 in a single row. 



SOME difficulty occurs on endeavouring to reconcile the 

 synonymes of the Blennies of British authors, from the 

 want of correct representations and more detailed descrip- 

 tions. 



But five species, as the genus is now restricted, will be 

 figured in the present work ; four of these, having the line 

 of the edge of the dorsal fin interrupted, will be arranged 

 according to the number of appendages on the head, these 

 appendages being considered only as specific characters, be- 

 ginning with that species which possesses the greatest num- 



* Tlic family of the Gobies. 



