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THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



The Dragonet, Fox, Skulpin, Sordid Dra- 

 gonet, Gemmeous Dragonet, Yellow 

 Skulpin. 

 Die Goldgrundel. 

 Fuchsgrundel. 

 Callionimo lira (//.). 

 Habit. Trieste. 



Season. Quite exceptionally met with in sum- 

 mer, if not, indeed, altogether questionable. 



1 68. CALLIONYMUS MA C ULA TUS, Raf. 

 Callionimo macchiato (It.). 



Vulg., Guatto (Tr., Fiume). 



Lodra, Lodrin (Veu., Tr.). 



Croat., Mis (Spalato). 

 Habit. Rare at Trieste and Venice ; common 



at Spalato. 

 Season. March, July to September. 

 Quality. 3. 



169. CALLIONYMUS FESTIVUS, Pall. 



Callionymus dracunculus, Risso. 

 Callionimo dragoncello (It.). 

 Vulg., as foregoing sp. 

 Habit. General, but rare ; Venice. 



170. CALLLONYMUS BELENUS, Risso. 

 Die Belen. 



Callionimo belenno (It.). 



Vulg. as foregoing sp. ; also Schilin ( Ven.). 



Croat., Mis', zabaric (Spalato). 

 Llabit. Venice, Trieste, Spalato, Ravenna ; 



pretty general and common. 

 Quality. 3 ; Minutaja (mixed fish). 



171. CALLLONYMUS MORLSSONLL, 



Risso. 



Habit. Trieste, Venice ; very rare. 



Season. Summer. 



Remark. Identity questionable ; Perugia cites 

 this as a distinct sp.; Canestrini considers it to 

 be identical with C. Belenus (Risso); whereas 



Bonap. and Giinther consider it identical with 

 C. festivus (Bp. not Pall), synonymous with 

 C. phaeton (Gtlir.) 



Fam. XVIII. Cepolid/e — Band-fishes. 

 Gen. Cepola, L. 



172. CEPOLA RUBESCENS, L. 



The Band-fish, Red Band-fish, Red Snake 

 fish. 



Der gemeine Bandfisch, Rother Bandfisch. 



Cepola rosseggiante (//.). 



Vulg., Pesce cordela (Tr., Fiume). 



Pesce spada, Spada rossa (Tr.). 



Spada da Quarnero, Lanspada ( Ven.). 



Croat., Ugoraca (Croat, littoral), Macinac 

 (Spalato). 

 Habit. General. 



Season. Common at all seasons. 

 Quality. 3. 



Fam. XIX. Blenniid.e — Blennies. 

 Gen. I. Blennius, Art* 



173. BLENNIUS GATTORUGINE, Bl. 

 The Gattoruginous Blenny. 



Der gestreifte Schleimfisch. 

 Bavosa gattorugine (It.). 

 Vulg., Strega, Gattorusola (Tr.), Gattaro- 

 zola ( Ven.), Baba (Fiume) (generic terms). 

 Croat, Kokot, Baba ( Cratf. littoral) (generic 



terms). 

 Barbir, Babak (Spalato). 

 Habit. General and common ; enters brackish 



waters ; lagoons of Venice. 

 Season. Always. 

 Quality. 3. 



174. BLENNIUS TENTACULARIS, 



Briinn. 

 Der Meerhirsch. 



* Blennius Caneva and B. trigloides. (See Nos. 373, 

 374-) 



