218 BLENNIID^. 



and one -fifth of the total'. Snout somewhat prominent. A curved 

 tooth in both jaws. Orbital tentacle very smaU ; the interorbital 

 space is rather flat, and its width is nearly equal to the vertical 

 diameter of the orbit ; a low fleshy crest on the head. The dorsal 

 fin commences in the vertical from the origin of the lateral line, is 

 scarcely notched, and not, or slightly, continuous -with the caudal. 

 Yellowish, spotted and dotted with black ; two oblique dark stripes 

 below the eye. 



Lakes of Italy (Mediterranean). 



a-b. Fine specimens. Dalmatia. 



c. Adult. Lake Albano. Presented by Dr. E. v. Martens. 



rf. Half- grown. Lake Bracciana, near Rome. Presented by W. C. 



Trevelyan, Esq. 

 e. Many specimens. Lago di Nemi. Presented by Dr. E. v. Martens. 

 f-n. Adult and half-grown. Lago di Garda. Presented by Dr. A. 



Giinther. 

 0. Many specimens. Lago di Garda. Presented by Dr. E. v. Martens. 



The chief diff'erence between the specimens from the fresh waters 

 of Italy, and the Bl. cagnota, Valenc, from the coast of Toulon, 

 appears to consist in the number of the mandibulary teeth. Bl. 

 vulgaris has from fourteen to eighteen, Bl. cagnota from ten to 

 twelve. I should think this character of some importance if it 

 proved to be constant, because one of these fishes lives in fresh, the 

 other in salt water. The dorsal fin is generally not continuous with 

 the caudal, except in a slight degree in the specimens from Dal- 

 matia. I do not know whether the latter were taken on the coast or 

 in a freshwater lake. 



15. Blennius-sanguinolentus. 



VhoWa, Rondel, vi. c. 23. p. 206; Gesner, p. 714; Aldrov.^. 116; 



Wilhighhy, pi. H. 6. fig. 4. 

 Blennius sauguinolentus, Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 168 ; Nordm. in Demid. 



Voy. Russ. Merid. Poiss. p. 402. pi. 6. fig. 1. 

 pholis, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 232 ; Guichen. Explor. Alg^r. 



Poiss. p. 70. 

 palmicornis, Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 214. pi. 320 ; Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, 



Fishes, p. 83 ; Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 83, & 1843, p. 86, and 



Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 9. 

 parvicornis, Cuv. i^ Val. xi. p. 257. 



B. 6. D. i?. A. (2-1- ) 21-22. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a quarter in 

 the total length, the length of the head five times to five times and 

 three-quarters. Snout obtuse, with the upper profile very obUque. 

 The curved tooth in the upper jaw small, that in the lower of mo- 

 derate size. Orbital tentacle very small. The interorbital space is 

 flat, and its width is less than the vertical diameter of the eye ; no 

 groove or crest or fleshy protuberance on the neck. The dorsal fin 

 commences in the vertical from the praeopcrcular margin, and has 



