286 BLENNIIDiE. 



Pholis, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. n. 267, and Mus. Ichthyol. \. n. 77. p. 33. 

 Blenuiiis europtens, OUiv, Reise, i. p. 81, and Beskr. over Skagen, p. 165. 



tab. 3. fig. 1. 



maculis X., Olafs. Reise, § 680. tab. 10. ^s. 12, 18. 



miu'^noides, Sujvf in Act. Petropol. 1779, ii. p. 195. tab. 6. fig. 1 ; 



L. Gm. p. 1184 (young). 

 Centronotus gimellus, Bl. Schn. p. 167 ; Fries och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. 



p. 105. tab. 25. fig. 1. 



muivBnoides, Bl. Schn. p. 166. 



Spotted Blennv, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 183. pi. 35, and (edit. 1812) 



iii. p. 282. pi. 39. 

 ? Pui-ple Blenny, Lotv, Faun. Orcnd. p. 203 ; Parn. Wern. Meju. vii. 



p. 235 (variety ?). 

 Giinellus vulgaris, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 207 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 419; 



Nihs. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 200. 

 Mur:Bnoides guttata, Yarr. Brit. Fishes, i. p. 269, and 3rd edit. ii. 



p. 376 ; Parn. Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 75. 

 Pholis gunellus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 99. 

 Gimellus ingens, Storer, Boston Joiirn. Nat. Hist. 1850, vi. p. 261. pi. 8. 



fig. 1. 



B. 5. D. 76-81. A. ^^. V. 1/1. Vert. 84-86. 



The height of the body is contained nine times or nine times and 

 a half in the total length, the length of the head eight times and a 

 half. Snout short, with the cleft of the mouth very oblique ; the 

 width of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye. 

 Pectoral not quite half so long as the head ; ventral very small, com- 

 posed of one spine and one ray ; dorsal spines short, stiff ; caudal 

 distinct. A series of from ten to thirteen round black, white-edged 

 spots along the base of the dorsal fin. Head and caudal sometimes 

 minutely dotted with black. 



Northern coasts of Europe, southwards to the coasts of France. 

 Coasts of Iceland and Greenland. 



a. Fine specimen. Frith of Forth. 



b. Adult. Frith of Forth. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Frith of Forth. 



d. Half-grown. Berwick-on-Tweed. Presented by Dr. 6. Johnston. 



e. Adult. South Wales. Presented by J. Stokes, Esq. 

 f-g. Adult. South Devon. Museum Leach. 



h. Half-grown. Falmouth. Purchased. 



i-Jc. Adult : skin and stuffed. PljTnouth. 



J-p. Adult : skins. English coast. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



q, r-t, ii-v. Adult. Biitish coast. From the Haslar Collection. 



w, X, y, z-j3. Adult, half-groMTi, and young. 



y. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



t. Adult : skeleton. Presented by Dr. 6. Johnston. 



e. Half-grown : skeleton. Purchased. 



i^. Intestines of specimen S. 



It would appear from Storer's description that the specimens 

 found on the American side of the North Atlantic have the body 

 deeper than those from Europe, its depth being about one-seventh 

 of the total length. The figure, however, given by the same author 



