in the Fish Gallery of the Indian Museum. 57 



Family XXVIII. BlenniidcB [Case 45]. 



A large family of fishes much resembling the Gobies 

 in form, and, like them, inhabitants of the littoral and of 

 brackish and fresh water. Thirty-seven Indian species 

 are known, and none of them attain any great size. One 

 of the European species of Blennies brings forth its 

 young alive. Tripterygiam occurs in the Mediterranean 

 Sea, in East Indian waters, and in New Zealand. In 

 several respects the Blcnniidee illustrate the transition 

 from the Acanthopterygii to the Anacanthini. 



Family XXIX. Trichonotidce [Case 45]. 



Two species of this small family, which is allied to 

 the Blenniidcc, occur in Indian Seas, namely, Trichonotus 

 setiger and Tamiolabrus cyclograptus. 



Family XXX. Cepolidm [Case 45]. 



This family contains a single small genus, Ccpola, of 

 which two species are found in the seas of India. On 

 account of their elongate compressed body they are 

 known as Band-fishes. The other species occur in the 

 Eastern North Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the East 

 Indian Archipelago, and the seas of China and Japan. 



Family XXXI. Mastacembelidce [Case 45]. 



The " Spiny-eels " live chiefly in fresh, but also in 

 brackish water, in West Africa, Syria, India, Ceylon, 

 and Further India. Several species are common in the 

 jheels of Bengal, where they are known as Gondii and 

 Bdmmi. They are eaten by the people of the country, 

 their flesh being said to be tough but good. 



Family XXXII. Sphyvcenidce [Case 45]. 



This small family includes a single genus, Sphyrcena y 

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