3. BLENNIUS. 217 



11. Blennius ronxi. 



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

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



D. 34. A. 2Q. 



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 subvertical ; orbital and nasal tentacles small ; 

 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. Blennius fucorum 



Cuv.Sf Val. xi. p. 2(53. pi. 324 : Dekay, New Yoj^k Fauna, Fislies, p. 149. 

 pi. 22. fig. 66. 



D. 1^. 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 ver^ strong 

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

 not continuous with the caudal, lleddish- 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'i 



13. Blennius gentilis. 



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

 R. R. Exped. Zool Fi.thes, p. 113 (pi. 25 a. tig. 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 curved 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 purple. (Gir.) 



Monterey (California). 



14. Blennius vulgaris. 



Blennius vulgaris, PoUini, Viaggio al La§o di Garda, Verona, 1816, 

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



cagnota, Cm\ 8f\Val. xi. p. 249. 



anticolus, Bonap .Faun. Ital. Pesci. 



vulgaris, var. anticolus. Martens, I. c. p. 174. 



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



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



