S/orer's Synopsis of the Fishes of JYorth America. 1 1 7 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " El dajao," at Porto Rico. 



Mugil monlicola, Bancroft, Griffith's Cm*., x. p. 367, pi. 36. 



Dejao ties Montagnes, Dajaus monlicola, Cuv. el Vai.., xi. p. 164, pi. 316. 



FAMILY XII. GOBIDiE. 



Body more or less elongated. Scales small, or entirely wanting. The 

 spines of the dorsal fin slender and flexible. Branchial aperture small. 

 Ventrals, when present, placed in advance of the pectorals. Many viviparous. 



GENUS I. BLENNIUS, Cuv. 



Head rounded and blunt ; body smooth, unctuous, compressed ; a single 

 elongated dorsal fin ; ventral fins placed before the pectorals, and containing 

 generally but two rays, united at their base ; teeth slender, in a single row. 



1. Blennius fucorum, Cuv. 



Greenish brown, with brown spots above the lateral line. Bifid cirrhi over the eyes, as 



long as the head. 



D. 11-17. P. 14. V. 3. A. 18. C. 14. Length, 2 inches. 



Coast of New York, Dekay. 



Le Elennie des fucus, Blennius fucorum, Ctrv. et Vai.., xi. p. 263, pi. 324. 

 Blennius fucorum, Sea-weed Blenny, Dekay's Report, p. 149, pi. 22, fig. 66. 



2. Blennius geminatus, Wood. 



Head with a three-rayed cirrhus over each eye ; body with several pairs of brownish spots 

 on the sides, above which are confluent marks on the back, extending a little way upon the 

 dorsal fin. Dorsal fin with an irregular blackish spot anteriorly. 



D. 27. P. 13. V. 2. A. 17. C. 14|. Length, 2| inches. 



South Carolina, Wood. 



Blennius geminatus, Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., rv. p. 278. 



Le Blennie gernine (Blennius geminatus, Wood), Cuv. et Vai.., xi. p. 265. 



Blennius geminatus, Dekay's Report, p. 149. 



3. Blennius punctatus, Wood. 



A bifurcated cirrhus over each eye ; dorsal fin with an irregular blackish spot between the 

 first and third rays ; body thickly covered with small blackish spots, which are confluent on 

 the sides ; caudal fin with five obscure brownish bands. 



