CLASS PISCES. 231 



Myxodes, Cuv., 



Species with an elongated head, a pointed muzzle 

 projecting in front of the mouth, and a single range 

 of teeth, as in the blennies, but without canines. The 

 species are new. 

 And by that of 



Salarias, Cuv. 



Species whose teeth, also forming a single range, and 

 placed close to each other, are compressed laterally, 

 hooked at the end, inexpressibly slender, and im- 

 mensely numerous. They move, in the living subject, 

 like the keys of a harpsichord. Their head, strongly 

 compressed above, is very broad below ; their lips 

 are thick and fleshy, their profile is completely ver- 

 tical, and their spirally convoluted intestines are 

 longer and thinner than in the common blenny. 

 The only species known are from the Indian Ocean \ 

 We call 



Clinus, Cuv. 



Those with short pointed teeth, scattered in several 

 ranges, the first of which is the largest. Their muzzle 

 is less obtuse than in the two preceding subgenera, 



1 Sal. quadripinnis, Cuv., which is the Blennius gattorugine, 

 Forsk. p. 23. Bl. Simus, Sujef. Act. Petrop. 1779. partii. pi. vh ; 

 the Alticus or Saltator of Commers., Lacep. ii. p. 479., and several 

 new species. I have every reason to believe that to this subgenus 

 we should also refer the Bl. edentulus, Bl. Schn., or the truncatus of 

 Forster, notwithstanding it is said to be without teeth. 



