Pholis. fishes. ACANTHOPT. 207 



B. Galerita var. Mont. Wern. Mem. i. 98. t. v. f. 2 — Devon. 

 Length about 2 inches. Body, above, olive-green, with blue spots ; belly 

 white. Eves approximating. Crest transverse, fleshy, fimbriated, lateral 

 line curved near the head. D. 30, P. 12, V. 2, A. 18, C. 14. In some indi- 

 viduals the dorsal fin had black spots, and the anal fin bordered with black 



This species has been taken in the pools among the rocks left by the tide on 

 the south coast of Devon, by Montagu, who described it as a var. of the 

 Crested Blenny, from which, however, it differs in many particulars. 



** Dorsal Jin with a contiritious margin. 

 V22. B. Galerita. Crested Blenny. — The two coronal ap- 

 pendages oblique, fimbriated at the extremity. 



Linn. Syst. i. 441. Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 206. — On rocky shores, rare. 

 Length about 5 inches. Body nearly of equal depth, brown, with minute 

 spots. Eyes lateral In front of the eye, above, a fimbriated appendage, 

 with an intervening conical wart ; behind the large coronal appendages, and 

 on the neck, there are numerous pointed jiapillie. D. 50, P. 14, V. 2, A. 39, 

 C. 16. The anal and dorsal fins are continuous with the tail. The first three 

 rays of the dorsal fin ends in short fleshy filaments. — This description applies 

 to a specimen which I found in Loch Broom. 



Gen. LIX. PHOLIS. Shan. — Head destitute of appen- 

 dages. 



123. P. IcBvis. Smooth Shan. — IMargin of the dorsal fin 

 waved, and with the anal, disjoined from the tail. 



Alauda non cristata. Will. Ich. 133 — Blennius Pholis, Linn. Svst. i. 



443. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 208. — Don. Brit. Fishes, t. Ixxix £;,'Mu1- 



granoc, Bulcard — Under stones, common. 

 Length 5 inches. Colour marbled black, olive and white. D. 32, P. 13, 

 V. 2, A. 19, C. 12 — This species is commonly found lurkmg under stones 

 and sea-weeds. 



Gen. LX. GUNNELLUS. Gunnel.— Dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal fins, united. 



124. G. vulgaris. Common Gunnel. — Body compressed ; 

 margin of the dorsal fin continuous. 



G. Cornubiensium, Will. Ich. 115. — Blennius Gunnellus, Linn. Syst. i. 



443. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 210. Don. Brit. Fishes, S. 2? E, Buller- 



fish ; iV, Swaar-fish, Swordick — Common on the coast, lurking under 

 stones. 



Length 6 to 10 inches. Body yellowish-brown, the belly whitish, with a 

 row of ten or twelve dark ocellated spots along the back, at the base of the 



dorsal fin. Gape ascending. D. 82, P. 12, V. 2, A. 43, C. 16 Mr Low, in 



his Fauna Orcadensis, p. 203., mentions a variety of a reddish-purple colour. 

 " It likewise \yants the spots on the back, the other has ; instead of eleven in 

 the former, this has only a single one, and that placed near the beginning of 

 the back fin." 



125. G. viviparus. Viviparous Gunnel. — Body subcylindri- 

 cal anteriorly ; the margin of the dorsal fin suddenly waved 

 near the tail. 



