^^ PISCES. 



CiRRHIBARBA, Cuv. 



The form of a Clinus; teeth small and crowded, and besides a lit 

 tie te,acd,,m over the eye and one in the nostril, there are thle 



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But one species is known, from India, of a uniform fawn co- 



lour. 



MuR^NoiDEs, LacepCENTRONOTus, Schn. 

 The ventrals smaller than in any of the other Blennies and fre 

 quently reduced to a single ray. Their head is very sma Ind th r 

 body elongated like the blade of a sword, a dorsal/all of whose ray 



:? thlT r ^T^'^t ^^^^-'^^--' -tends along the who e lengt'h 

 of the back. The teeth are like those of a Clinus, and their stomfch 

 and intestines of one uniform appearance. 



Bl. gunnellus, L., BI., 71, l; Lacep., II, xii, 2. Very abun- 

 dant on the coast of France, there is'a' suite of ocella 7d p"s 

 along the whole base of the dorsal. ^ 



Opistognathus, Cuv. 

 The forn, of a true Blenny. and particularly its short snout- dis- 



2"t: ' 7"'; '"^^ "^^"'^^ P-longed behind into ak id of 

 long, flat moustache; rasp-like teeth in each jaw, the externalrow 



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ZOARCUS, Cuv. 



We dare not separate these fishes from the Blennies, although they 

 have no spmal ray; for they are provided with thei anal tubercle 

 .ntestmes without c=eca, and smooth, oblong body, sirravs in thl 

 branch . There are three rays in the ven.r'al; teeA con ca^ form 

 ing a smgle row on the sides of the jaws, and several in fron ; Ze 



until the dorsal is considerably depressed. 



Z. viviparusjBl. vivipams, L., BI., 72. A foot long, fawn 

 coloured, with blackish spots along the dorsal; from fhe seas 



SI. Audifredi, Risso, pi. vi, f. 15;-^/. capemis, Forster Ul Schn ir^ m i 

 i^enu., Walb., Arted. Renov. part III, pi. Ui. ' "'' l^^'"^^' ^'- 



