226 GOBIOID.E. 



ACA^^THOPTERYGlI. COBIOID^- 



THE GATTORUGINOUS BLENNY. 



Blennius gattorugine, Brunxkh, p. 27, sp. 37. 



CuviF.n, Regne An. I. ii. p.237. 



Gattoruginmis Blenmj, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 278, 

 pi. 39. 

 Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 86. 

 ,, ,, Montagu, Mem. VVern. Soc. 



vol. ii. p. 447. 

 Fi.EM. Brit. An. p. 206, sp. 120. 



The Gattouuginous Blenny appears to be a rare 

 fish on some parts of our sca-sliorc. Pennant first recorded 

 it as British from a specimen taken on the Anglesey coast. 

 Colonel Montagu obtained two in Devonshire, but consi- 

 dered it rare. Mr. Couch finds it frequently in Cornwall ; 

 and specimens of one inch and a half, two inches and a 

 half, and five inches and a half, each, are now before me. For 

 the first of these I am indebted to Mr. Couch, the second 

 I obtained myself somewhere on our southern coast, but 

 have neglected to preserve anv note of the exact locality ; 

 and the largest example was given me by my friend Mr. 

 Thomas Bell, who brought it from Poole Harbour. Tt is 

 also said to have been taken at Belfast. 



Mr. Couch considers it a common species in Cornwall, 



