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flexible spints ; it is not, or slightly, notched, and continuous with 



the caudal. Brown ; sometimes with several whitish spots on the side. 



Mediterranean. Sea of Madeira. North-west coasts of Africa. 



a, b. Adult. Niger Expedition. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



c, d, e-f, g. Adult and half-grown. Madeira. 



h, i-k. Adult. Mediterranean. From the Haslar Collection. 



1. Seven inches and a half long. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 m. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



16. Blennius sinensis. 

 D. if. A. (2 + ) 22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained five times and a half in the total. Snout obtuse, mth the 

 upper profile very oblique. A curved tooth of moderate size in each 

 of the jaws, that of the upper being the smaller. Orbital tentacle 

 small, formed by four short filaments. The interorbital space equals 

 in width the diameter of the eye, and, like the crown of the head, 

 is covered with a fleshy protuberance. The dorsal fin commences in 

 the vertical from the praeopercular margin, and has the upper profile 

 nearly even ; the spines are flexible, and the length of one of the 

 longest is not quite two-thirds of that of the head ; the soft portion 

 is not, or very slightly, continuous with the caudal. The anal fin is 

 rather more than half as high as the soft dorsal. The pectoral does 

 not extend on to the vent. Uniform brown (in spirits) : the vertical 

 fins black ; the tips of the anal x'ays bluish -wliite. 



China Sea. 



a. Adult. China Sea. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



This species is the Chinese representative of the Mediterranean 

 Blennius sanr/uinolentus. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 6 1 



Height of the body 1 1 



Length of the head 1 1 



of the first dorsal spine 8 



— of the pectoral 1 



of the ventral 8 



17. Blennius pantherinus. 



Cuv. S,- Val. xi. p. 262. 



T) " A ^ 

 ^- 21- ^' 2l- 



Orbital tentacles short and fringed ; the interorbital space very 

 concave ; head without crest. The length of the head is about one- 

 third of the total ; a curved tooth in both the jaws. Brown, marbled 

 ■with darker ; throat with two blackish transverse bands. ( Val.) 



Coast of Brazil. 



