SYNOPSIS. 



A. 23 : C. 11.— Penn. Brit. Zool./m. p. 278, pi. 39 ; Don. 

 Brit. Fiish., pi. 86 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 256 ; Cuv. dc Val, 

 xi. p. 200. 

 Sp. 67. B. Yarrellii. YarrelPs Blenny. Head with four 

 filamentous appendages, one pair shorter than the other ; 

 dorsal without any emargination in the centre, and conti- 

 nuous with the caudal ; anal fin half the length of the body, 

 pectorals with three rays ; colour pale brown, mottled with 

 dark brown. 

 Gen. XL. Pholis. Head without filaments or crest ; in 

 other respects nearly as Blennius. 



Sp. 68. P. IcEvis. Shan, or Shanny. Head rounded over the 

 eyes, then descending in an oblique line to the nose ; dor- 

 sal fin distinctly notched in the middle and not miited 

 behind to the caudal ; pectoral fin very large ; ventrals 

 consisting of two rays ; last ray of the anal attached to the 

 caudal. Fin-rays, D. 31 : P. 13 : V. 7. : A. 19 : C. 1 1 . Sur- 

 face marbled and variegated with dusky or reddish brown, 

 sometimes of a uniform dusky colour. — Flem. Brit. An.t 

 p. 207 ; Cuv. ^ Vol., xi. 269. Blennius pholis, lAnn.* 

 Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 260. 

 Gen. XLI. Gunellus. Body lengthened and compressed, 

 head small and obtuse ; scales minute, the surface covered with 

 an unctuous secretion : dorsal fin extending the whole length 

 of the back, all the rays simple and without articulation ; ven- 

 trals reduced almost to a single ray. 



Sp. 69. G. vulgaris. Spotted Gunnel, or Butter-fish. Dorsal 

 fin low, and extending nearly from the line of the origin of 

 the pectoral fins to the tail, where it unites with the cau- 

 dal ; anal also united to the caudal ; pectoral fin small and 

 oval, the ventrals appearing like a spine : colour a mixtm-e 

 of purple, bro\^'n, and yellowish brown, a series of dark 

 ocellated spots along the back, which extend partly on 

 to the dorsal fin. Fin-rays, D. 78 : P. 1 1 : V. 1 + 1 : 

 A. 2-1-43 : C. 15.—Fkm. Brit. An., p. 207; Ctiv. ^ Val, 

 xi. p. 419. Blennius gunellus, Zwm. Spotted Blenny, 

 Perm. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 282, pi. 60 ; Don. Brit Fibh , 



