224 BLENXTIDJ.. 



27. Blennius crinitus. 



Cur. (§■ Vnl. xi. p. 237 ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Pohs. p. 72. 

 T) -Jl- A -H- 



• 14-15" 16-18- 



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

 and one-fifth of the total. Snout obtuse, with the anterior profile 

 abruptly descending. A rather small curved tooth in the lower jaw, 

 none in the upper. Superciliary margin with three or four veiy fine 

 and short filaments ; nape of the neck with a filamentous crest. 

 The dorsal fin begins in the vertical from the upper end of the prae- 

 operculum, is scarcely notched, and not continuous with the caudal ; 

 the pectoral does not extend to the anal fin. Greyish, spotted with 

 brown ; a black spot between the first and second dorsal spines. 



Coast of Pemambuco. 



a. Adult. Pemambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



The specimen upon which Valenciennes established this species 

 was obtained at La Rochelle ; others have been found on the coast 

 of Algiers. The description given, however, agrees very well with 

 the South American fish in the British Museum, 



28. Blennius emarginatus. 

 D.l|. A. (2 + ) 17. 



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

 and contained four times and two-thirds in the total. Snout obtuse, 

 with the anterior profile very oblique. A small curved tooth in the 

 lower jaw, none in the upper. The interorbital space is concave, 

 and its widtli is less than the diameter of the eye. A fringed ten- 

 tacle at the nostril ; foui' or five short filaments above the posterior 

 angle of the orbit ; nape of the neck with a longitudinal series 

 of filaments. The dorsal fin commences in the vertical from the 

 praeopercular margin, and is not continuous with the caudal ; it is 

 deeply notched between the spinous and soft portions, the former 

 being much the lower. The pectoral is longer than the ventral, and 

 extends on to the fifth anal ray. Colours ? 



Hab. ? 



a-e. Discoloured. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



lines. 



Total length 33 



Height of the body 7 



29. Blennius macropteryx. 



Blennius macropteryx, Riipp. in 3Ius. Senck. 



D. {|. A. 20. 



The pectoral extends on to, or beyond, the middle of the anal fin. 

 Dorsal fin notched, not reaching to the caudal. Colours ? 

 Messina. 



