2 o3 SMOOTH BLENNY. Class IV. 



The pe&oral fins broad and rounded, confiding 

 of fourteen rays, which extend beyond the webs, 

 making the edges appear fcalloped. 



The ventral fins like thofe of others of the genus : 

 the dorfal fin confided of fourteen ftrong fpiny 

 rays, and nineteen fofc rays; the lad of which 

 were higher than the fpiny rays. 



The anal fin had twenty-one rays : the ends in 

 every fin extending beyond their webs. 



The tail was rounded at the end, and confided 

 of twelve rays, divided towards their extremities. 



This fi(h in general was of a dufky hue, mark- 

 ed acrofs with wavy lines : the belly of a light afh 

 color. 



The lower part of the pectoral fins, and the ends 

 of the. ventral fins, of an orange color. 



** With a fmooth head. 



az Smooth. ^ a ^ erce e *P ece de Exoce- />, Smooth Shan. Mr. Jago 



tus? Belon, 219. apud Rail fyn. pifc. 164. 



Alauda non criftata. Rondel. fig. 10. 



205, Gefner pifc. 18. Blennius maxilla fuperiore 



Mulgranoc, & Bulcard CW- lorigiore, capite fummo 



nubia. Wil. Icth. 133. Rail acuminata. Arled.fynon. 45. 



fyn. pifc. 73. Blennius Pholis. Lin.fyfi 443. 



Cataphra&us lsevis Comubien- Groncv. Zooph. No. 259. 



^lace. TX7^ difcovered this fpecies in plenty lying 



under the ftones among the tang on the 



rocky 



