Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 369 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘* El dajao,’’ at Porto Rico. 
Mugil monticola, Bancrort, Grirritu’s Cuv., x. p. 367, pl. 36. 
Dejao des Montagnes, Dajaus monticola, Cuv. et Vau., x1. p. 164, pl. 316. 
FAMILY XII. GOBIDA. 
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, Cov. 
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, Cov. 
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, Dexay. 
Le Blennie des fucus, Blennius fucorum, Cuv. et VAt., x1. p. 263, pl. 324. 
Blennius fucorum, Sea-weed Blenny, DEKAy’s Report, p. 149, pl. 22, fig. 66. 
2. Blennius geminatus, Woop. 
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. 143. Length, 2% inches. 
South Carolina, Woop. 
Blennius geminatus, Woop, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., rv. p. 278. 
Le Blennie geminé (Blennius geminatus, Woop), Cuv. et VaL., x1. p. 265. 
Blennius geminatus, DeKay’s Report, p. 149. 
3. Blennius punctatus, Woop. 
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. 
