354 OA.DTOM. 



4. Phycis brasiliensis. 



Kmip in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 88. 



D. 8 I 57. A. 50. 

 The first dorsal is pointed and higher than the second, its third 

 ray being as long as the head. The ventral twice, or nearly twice, 

 as long as the head. Operculum with a long spine ; barbel short. 

 Pectoral, dorsal, anal, the longer of the ventral filaments, and the 

 lower part of the body with brown dots. Fins without black margin. 



Montevideo. 



5. Phycis mediterraneus. 



Tinea marina, Salv. p. 2.32. fig. 93; Aldrov. iii. cap. 9. p. 192 ; Jonstmi, 



i. tit. 1. cap. 1. art. 2. tab. 1. uo. 5. 

 Asellus caUarias, Willuyhhy, p. 205. pi. N. 12. 

 Blennius phycis, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 442 ; Briinn. Ichth. Mass. p. 28 ; 



Delaroche, Ann. 3Im. xiv. 1809, p. 280. 

 Phycis mediterranea, Delaroche, Ann. 3Itis. xiii. p. 332 ; Hisso, Mtr. 



Merid. iii. p. 222 ; Ctiv. Regne Anim. 

 limbatus, Valenc. in Webb ^- Bmi,h. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 78. pi. 14. 



fig. 2. 



D. 9 I 62. A. 59. L. lat. 130. Vert. |Ei-J- 



The first dorsal has the rays not produced into filaments, and is 

 scarcely higher than the second ; the ventral extends to the origin 

 of the anal. Eleven or twelve series of scales between the anterior 

 dorsal and the lateral line. Vertical fins with a black margin and a 

 narrow white edge ; ventrals brownish, immaculate. 



Mediterranean and the neighbom-ing parts of the Atlantic. 



a. Twenty-four inches long. Madeira. Presented by J. Y. John- 



son, Esq. 



b. Ten inches long. Madeira. Presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 

 c-cl. Fine specimens. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 e-g. Half-grown : skins. Mediterranean. 



7t. Adult : stuffed. 



i, k. Adult and half-grown : skeletons. Madeira. 



Description. — The height of the body is nearly equal to the length 

 of the head, which is one-fourth of the total length (vdthout caudal). 

 Snout obtuse, rounded, somewhat depressed, with the upper jaw over- 

 lapping the lower, rather longer than the eye. Cleft of the mouth 

 subhorizontal, the maxillary extending beyond the middle of the 

 eye. Teeth viEiform, forming bands in the jaws and on the vomer ; 

 there are several larger ones intermixed with the small ones on the 

 side of the lower jaw. Barbel slender, rather longer than the eye. 

 The width of the bony interorbital space equals the vertical dia- 

 meter of the orbit ; head nearly entirely covered with smtdl scales, 

 which advance forwards to the lips. The fins are enveloped in a 

 rather loose scaly membrane, which leaves the outer foiirth of the 

 rays uncovered. The anterior dorsal is much higher than long, its 

 height being two-fifths of the length of the head; it commences 



