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^ PISCES. 



and in both sexes, which appears destined for the purposes of coi 

 tion. Wedivide them as follows: ^ poses ot coi- 



Blennius, Cuv. 



Long, equal, and closely set teeth, forming but a single and regu- 



ZT^t 'r """V"''' '''"^'^^^''^ '^^hi" J. in ome species, by a longer 

 and hooked tooth. The head is obtuse, the muzzle short, and the ore 

 head vertical; the intestines broad and short. Most o them have a 

 fimbriated appendage on each brow, and several have another on each 

 temple. Several species of this subdivision are taken along the coast 

 of France; one of the most remarkable is the 



Bl ocellaris, Bl. 167, 1. The dorsal bilobate, its anterior lobe 



elevated and marked with a round and black spot, surrounded 



with a white circle and a black one. 



^/. ^m^aa./am, Brann.jBI. 167, 2, under the name ^/. gafto^ 



rugne, rhe dorsal even, four filaments on the brows, a black 



spot between the fourth and fifth rays. 



name of Bl fasaatus. But two filaments; dorsal almost even: 

 marked with clouded and oblique brown bands. 



BL palmicornis, Cuv.; Penn. Cop. Encycl. Method., f. 1 1 , 

 under the name of gattorugine. The dorsal even; the append- 

 age over the eye fimbriated.(l) ^^ 



b Jl'h' '";"""'"' ^"^^''^'^^ appendages are hardly visible in others 

 but they have a membranous prominence on the vertex which cmate 

 and becomes red in the nuptial season. Some of them are found in 

 European seas. Such are, 



Bl galerita, L., Rondel, 204; Bl. pavo, Riss. The dorsal 

 even; spotted and streaked with blue; a black ocellated spot be- 

 nind the eye. ^ 



Bl rubriceps, Riss. Three first rays of the dorsal elevated, 

 forming a red point: top of the head of the same colour. 



cre orf of 7J'" """""'^'^ ^"''- ""^ """-" P-""' - 

 Frrn'oe. ' ' '"' "' "'"' " """"" '"' "^^t of 



JlLpholis, L. Bl.; 71, 2. Profile vertical; the dorsal slightly 

 emarginale, dotted and marbled with brown and blackish 





