OCELLATED BLENNY. 



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THE OCELLATED BLENNY, OR 

 BUTTERFLY FISH. 



Blennius ocellaris, BRUNNICH, p. 25, sp. 35. 



,, BLOCH, pt. v. pi. 167. 



,, ,, CUVIER, Regne An. t. iii. p. 237. 



,, ,, Ocellated Elenny, MONTAGU, Mem. Wern. Soc. vol. ii. 



p. 443, pi. 22. 



,, ,, ,, ,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 206, pi. 119. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 378. 



,, ,, Cuv. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. xi. p. 220. 



THE OCELLATED BLENNY was first described as a British 

 fish by Colonel Montagu, who obtained three specimens by 

 dredging on the south coast of Devon. 



The example from which the present description and figure 

 were taken, was obtained among the rocks of the island of 

 Portland. 



The length near three inches ; the head rounded and 

 blunt : teeth in a single row, small elongated, rather uneven 

 at the edge, as if some of them had been broken off; the 

 last tooth on each side, both above and below, considerably 



