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evidence of having been taken from the fish ; it contains a 

 reference to some peculiarities mentioned by Dr. Fleming, 

 but claims for it three rays in the ventral fins. 



The number of fin-rays in the fish termed B. galerita by 

 Strom, Dr. Fleming, and Professor Nilsson, as described in 

 their works, and that found to exist in the specimen received 

 from Dr. Johnston, are here added, to show by their general 

 agreement the great probability that all four sets of numbers 

 refer to the same fish. 



Strom. 



D. 50 : P. 10 : V. 2 : A. 36 : C. 16. 

 Dr. Fleming 



50 14 2 39 16. 



Professor Nilsson. 



51 14 3 39 14. 



Dr. George Johnston's fish. 

 51 14 3 36 14. 



By a reference to the four species already described in 

 this work, which, with the present fish, constitute all that 

 have been at present ascertained as belonging to our coast, 

 it will be seen that no one of the Blennies of our seas at all 

 approaches the present in the number of its dorsal or anal fin- 

 rays, and this Blenny cannot therefore be confounded with 

 either of them. 



The description which now follows, taken from the fish 

 caught in Berwick Bay, will be found to contain most if not 

 all the characters embraced in the four descriptions of Lin- 

 naeus, Pennant, Dr. Fleming, and Professor Nilsson. 



The whole length of the specimen was three inches and 

 three-eighths ; depth of the body alone, seven-sixteenths of 

 an inch ; including the dorsal and anal fins, three-quarters of 

 an inch. The body is much compressed ; the head more 

 oval, the profile rounded ; the outline of the mouth, when 

 viewed from above, forms a half circle ; viewed laterally the 



