482 THE CRESTED BLENNY AND LTJMPENUS MACITLATirS. 



Linn.) has liitlierto only been fovmd near Bei'gen, whence 

 specimens have been sent to the Stockholm and Lund 

 Museums. But as this fish has been captured off the 

 island of Heligoland, both Nilsson and Kroyer seem to 

 think it has proliably been overlooked in the intermediate 

 seas. It is said never to exceed six inches in length, and 

 to spawn in June. It is so tenacious of life as to have 

 been known to live for thirty hours in a box without water. 

 It is even asserted that if 2)ut in a damp place, or amongst 

 wet grass, it will exist for days together. 



The Crested or Yarrell's Blenny {Tdiig-Sndria, Sw. ; 

 Blenniops Galerita, Nilss. ; Bleunius YarrelUi, Valenc.) 

 has been found in the Bohus Skiirgard by M. Malm. On 

 the western coast of Norway, in the vicinity of Bergen at 

 least, it would not seem to be very rare. As yet this fish 

 has not obtained a place in the Danish fauna. Nothing 

 seems to be known of its habits. 



The Luuipeiins maculatiis, B. Fries {Truhh-stjertad 

 Lang-barn, or, blunt-tailed ling's-child, Sw.). This little 

 fish, useless to the fisherman, but of value to the ichthy- 

 ologist, was first discovered, in 1835, by Professor B. Fries 

 in the Bohus Skargard, where it appears not to be very 

 scarce, as every subsequent year it has been found tliere 

 in the months of October, November, and December. 

 Though not at jn-esent identified in other localities, there 

 can be little doubt that this fish (which is an inhabi- 

 tant of the Greenland seas) exists elsewhere on the western 

 coast of Scandinavia. From its small size, seldom exceed- 

 ing six to seven inches in length, and from the shape of 

 its body, somewhat resembling that of the Ling {Lunga, 

 Sw.), it has obtained amongst the fishermen, the above 

 designation of Lung-ham. It is somewhat solitary in its 

 habits, never being observed in shoals, and seldom more 

 than an odd one being taken in the nets. With the excep- 

 tion of the spawning season, when it approaches the shore. 



