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Blennius gunnellus, Spotted Blenny, Pennant's Bril Zool., m. p. 282, pi. 60. 

 " Gunnel Blenny, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 179. 

 " Spotted Gunnel, Jenyns's Brit.1 



Gunnellu i nil; iri i, Fiem., Brit- \ . p. \n. 



Muranoides guttata, Spotted Gunnel or Butter-fish, Lacep., Yarrell's Bril. Fishes (1st edit.), i. p. 239, 



fig. ; (2d edit.), i. p. 269. 

 Le Gonoelle rulgaire CGunnellua irulgaris, Civ., Blennius gunnellus, Lin.), Cuv. et Val., xi. p. 110. 



2. Gunnellus punctatus, Fad. 



Tawny ; the head dotted with white ; the throat, pectorals, and caudal striped with 

 the same ; about seven brown streaks on the cheeks ; five black spots, joined to as many 

 white ones, on the dorsal, and about twelve less conspicuous black spots on the anal. The 

 dorsal and anal fins are continued to the caudal, the former being joined to it by a membrane, 

 but the anal is distinct. 



D. 50. P. 17. V. 4. A. 38. C. 18. Length, G inches. 



Greenland, Fabricius. 



Called " Akulliakitsoc," by the Greenlanders. 



Blennius punctatus, Fab., Fauna Groenlandica, p. 153. 



Blennius (Clinus) punctatus, Fab., Akooliakeetsok, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., ill. p. 88. 



Le Gonuelle ponctuS, Gunnellus punctatus, Cuv. el Val., xi. p. 428. 



3. Gunnellus Fabricii, Cuv. 



Back and sides palish, marked' irregularly with brown spotted circles. Head and pectorals 

 yellowish ; belly white, with a yellowish tint behind the anus. The even dorsal occupies 

 the entire back, but is distinct from the obovate caudal. Ventrals with three rays, the lower 

 of which is longest ; the upper ray scarcely perceptible. 



D. 63. P. 15. V. 3. A. 41. C. 18. Length, 1 foot. 



Greenland, Fabricius. 



Called " Teyarnak," by the Greenlanders. 



Blennius lumpenus, Fab., Fauna Groenlandica, p. 151. 



Blennius (Clinus) lumpenus, Lumper, F.u:., Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, III. p. 90. 



Le Gunnelle de Fabricius, Gunnellus Fabricii, Guv. et Val.. xi. p. 431. 



4. Gunnellus anguillaris, Pallas. 



Olive-yellow, lighter beneath, with five longitudinal, parallel, interrupted brown bands, al- 

 ternately darker and paler ; base of the caudal black ; caudal fawn-colored, crossed with 

 brown lines; dorsal yellowish brown; anal yellowish; ventrals four-rayed, the external 

 longest. 



D. 07 to 70. P. 14. V. 1-3- A. 45 -50. C 14. Length, Ij foot. 



Northwest Coast of America, east of the Aleutian Islands, Cuv. 



Called "Kanaise," at Kamtschatka. 



Le Gonnelle anguillaire (Blennius anguillaris, Pallas, Gunnellus anguillaris, Cuv.), Cov. et Val., xi. p. 134. 



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