226 nT.KNNriDJt;. 



lower jaw, none iu the upper. The iiitcror!)ital space is concave, and 

 its width less than the diameter of the eye. A small tentacle at the 

 nostril, and a bnnch of short filaments above the posterior angle of the 

 orbit ; nape of the neck naked. The dorsal fin commences above the 

 operculnm, and is not continuous with the caudal ; it is deeply 

 notched, and the anterior portion is rather lower than the posterior. 

 The pectoral reaches to the origin of the anal. Colour ? 



West Africa. 

 a. Young. West Africa. From Mr. Rich's Collection, 



lines. 



Total length 18 



Height of the body 4 



Length of the head 4 



34. Blennius brevipinnis. 



D. j|. A. 15-16. 



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

 and contained four times and a half in the total. The snout is 

 obtuse, with the upper profile very oblique. Jaws without a curved 

 tooth. Orbital tentacle slender, fringed at the base. The dorsal fin 

 commences in the vertical from the operculum, is deeply notched, 

 and not continuous with the caudal. The pectoral is longer than the 

 ventral, and extends on to the vent. Greyish-brown (in spirits), 

 with a darker lateral band. 



rt. Sandwich Islands. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. West coast of Central America. Collected by Captain Dow. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. P. L. Sclater, Seer. Zool. Soc. 



lines. 



Total length 18 or 23 



Height of the body 4 or 5 



35. Blennius pholis. 



? *a)Xir, Aristot. ix. cap. 37. 



Pholis, Rondel, vi. cap. 23. p. 206 ; Aldrov, i. cap. 25. p. 116 ; Gesner, 



p. 714; Jomton, i. tit. 2. cap. 2. art. 1. taf. 17. fig. 4; Willughby, 



p. 135. tab. H. 6. fig. 4 ; Ray, p. 74 ; Artedi, Sijnon. p. 116. 

 Blennius pholis, L. Syst. i. p. 443; Rl. Fische Deidschl. ii. p. 184. taf. 71. 



fig. 2; Rl. Schn. p. 170; Lacep. ii. p. 489 ; Donov. Rrit. Fishes, iv. 



pi. 79 ; Parn. Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 73 ; Yarrell, Rrit. Fishes, 



1st edit. i. p. 230, 2nd edit. i. p. 260, 3rd edit. ii. p. 366; CoucJi, Trans. 



Linn. Soc. xiv. pp. 74, 75 ; Martens, Reise naeh Venedly, ii. p. 419. 

 Blennius, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 259, and J/(<s. lehth. ii. p. 22. no. 175. 

 Smooth Blenny, Penn. Rrit. Zool. iii. p. 182. pi. 36. 

 Pholis Ifevis, Fleminy, Rrit. Anim. p. 207 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 269 ; Cuv. 



Regne Anim. Rl. Poiss, pi. 77. fig. 2; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 182. 

 Adonis pholis, Gi-onov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 96. 



D. f^. A. 18-19 (20). Vert. 12/26-13/25. 



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 



