2o0 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



under the name of Bl. fascial us. But two filaments ; 

 dorsal almost entire, marked with clouded and oblique 

 brown bands. 



Bl. palmicorriis, Cuv., Penn. Cop. Encyc. Method, 

 f. 111., under the name of gattorugine. The dorsal 

 even ; the appendage over the eye fimbriated ! . 



Others have only the tufts scarcely visible at the 

 brows, but they have a membranous prominence on 

 the vertex, which dilates and becomes red in the 

 nuptial season. Some of them are found in the Eu- 

 ropean seas. Such are 



Bl. galerita, L., Rondel. 204. ; Bl. pavo, Risso. 

 The dorsal entire ; spotted and streaked with blue ; a 

 black ocellated spot behind the eye. 



Bl. rubriceps, Risso. Three first rays of the dorsal 

 elevated, forming a red point; top of the head of the 

 same colour. 



In others again, the Pholis, Artedi, there is neither 

 tuft nor crest. One of them, a very small fish, is 

 common on the coast of France. 



Bl. pholis, L., Bl. 71. 2. Profile vertical; the 

 dorsal slightly ernarginate, dotted and marbled with 

 brown and blackish 2 . 



We distinguish from these blennies, properly so 

 termed, by the name of 



1 Add Bl. cornutus, L. ; Bl. p't/kurnis, Cuv. puuaru, Marcgr. 

 165., the second figure, but the first description, &c. 



' Pholis is the Greek name of a fish always enveloped in mucus, 

 A.dd Bl. cavemosus, Sch. 37. 2. Gadus salarias, Forsk. p. 22. 



