226 BLENNIIDJ':, 



lower jaw, none in the upper. The intcrorbital space is concarc, and 

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

 nostril, and a bunch of short filaments above the postei-ior angle of the 

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

 operculum, 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. i|. A. 15-16. 



The height of the body is nearly equal 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 deei)ly 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. 



a. 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. 



? ^coXtr, Aristot. ix. cap. 37. 



Pliolis, Rondel. \l cap. 23. p. 206 ; Aldrov. i. cap. 25. p. 116 ; Gesner, 



p. 714 ; Jomtoti, i. tit. 2. cap. 2. art. 1. taf. 17. fig. 4 ; WUluyhhy, 



p. 135. tab. II. 6. fig. 4; Ray, p. 74 ; Artedi, Synon. p. 116. 

 Blennius pholis, L. Syst. i. p. 443; Bl. Fische Dentschl. ii. p. 184. taf. 71. 



fig. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 170 ; Lacep. ii. p. 489 ; Donov. Brit. Fkhes, iv. 



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



1st edit. i. p. 230, 2nd edit. i. p. 200, 3rd edit. ii. p. 366; Coiich,T'rans. 



Linn. Soc. xiv. pp. 74, 75 ; Martens, Rei'se nach Venediy, ii. p. 419. 

 Blennius, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 259, and Mus. Ichth. ii. p. 22. no. 175. 

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

 Pholis Isevis, Fleminy, Brit. Anim. p. 207 ; Oiw. ^ Val. xi. p. 269 ; Citv. 



Rhjne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 77. fig. 2; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 182. 

 Adonis pholis, Gronov. Syst. cd. Gray, p. 96. 



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



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



