3. BLEiNNirS. 217 



11. Blennius rouxi. 



Cocco, Lett. Pesci 3Iess. in Giorn. Sc. Lett. ^c. x. & xi. p. 11. tab. 9. 

 fig. 1 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesci, cum fig. 



D. 34. A. 26. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained five times and a half in the entire length. The anterior 

 profile of the head is subvei-tical ; orbital and nasal tentacles smaU ; 

 canine teeth in both jaws ; dorsal fin not notched. A deep-black 

 band along the side of the body ; an oblong blackish spot between 

 the three anterior spines. 



Mediterranean. 



One specimen in the Senckenberg Museum, 



12. Bleimius fucorum. 



Cuv.df Vol. xi. p. 263. pi. 324 ; Dekmj, Netv Yot-k Faima, Fishes, p. 149. 

 pi. 22. fig. 6(3. 



D.H A. 18. 



The length of the head is one-fifth of the total ; its anterior pro- 

 file is subvertical. Orbital tentacle nearly as long as the head, fili- 

 form, bifid superiorly, with some fringes at the base. A veiy strong 

 curved tooth in both jaws. The dorsal is slightly emarginate, and 

 not continuous with the caudal. Ileddish-brown, dotted with black. 

 {Val.) 



Atlantic. 



Is this the species described by Quoy and Gaimard (Voy. Freyc. 

 Zool. p. 250) under the name of Blennius punctatus ? 



13. Blennius geutilis. 



Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vii. 1854, p. 149, and U. S. Pacif. 

 R. R. Exped. Zool. Fij^hes, p. 113 (pi. 25 a. fig. 4). 



B. 5. D. ||. A. 19. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and one-fifth of the total. A cun'ed tooth in both jaws, that of the 

 upper being the smaller. Orbital tentacles slender ; occipital crest 

 none ; the dorsal commences almost at the occiput, and is very 

 slightly notched. YeUowish-brown, marbled with pm-ple. (Gir.) 



Monterey (California). 



14. Blennius vulgaris. 



Blennius vulgaris, Pollini, Viaggio al Lago di Garda, Verona, 1816, 

 viii. p. 20. fig. 1 ; Martens in Wiegm. Arch, xxiii. p. 172. tab. 9. fig. 3. 



cagnota, Cav. ^] Val. xi. p. 249. 



anticolus, £o7iap .Faun. Ital. Pesci. 



v^^lgal•it^, var. anticolus, Martens, I. c. p. 174. 



D. j^. A. (18) 19-20. Vert. 35-36. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head. 



