SYNOPSIS. 367 



more triangular and pointed, fin-rays longer, ventral fins 

 placed nearer the pectorals. Fin-rays, D. 4, 1 + 8 : P. 1 1 : 

 V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 8 : C. 14. Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 245 ; 

 Cuv. & Val, xi. p. 70. 

 FAM. IX. Gobioidce. Fam. of Gobies. Dorsal rays slender 



andfexibk, the dorsal fin generally single but occasionally double ; 



scales small or entirely wanting; body more or less elongated; 



tail rounded at tJtc extremity. 



GEN. XXXIX. BLENNIUS. Dorsal fin single ; ventrals placed 



before the pectorals and much reduced, united at the base ; 



teeth on the vomer, and a single row in each jaw ; head with 



filamentous appendages. 



Sp. 64. B. Montagui. Montagu's Blenny. Frontal line slop- 

 ing, top of the head with a transverse, fleshy, fimbriated 

 membrane, nostril with a small bifid appendage ; dorsal 

 fin extending from the head to the tail, the anterior por- 

 tion sloping to the 13th ray, the 14th and subsequent rays 

 elongated ; anal fin broad, extending from the vent to the 

 tail ; colour of the upper parts olive-green, spotted with 

 pale blue, shaded to white. Fin-rays, D. 30 : P. 12 : 

 V. 2 : A. 18 : C. 14. Cuv. & Vol., xi. p. 277 ; Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish., i. 249. Blennius galerita, Mont. Mem. Wern. 

 Soc. 9 i. p. 98, pi. v. fig. 2. 



Sp. 65. B. ocellaris. Ocellated Blenny. Head with two fila- 

 mentous and fimbriated appendages ; dorsal bilobed, the 

 first ray much the longest ; pectorals large and rounded ; 

 ventrals with two rays ; colour pale brown, with a few 

 patches of reddish brown, the anterior portion of the dor- 

 sal marked with a large round black spot. Fin-rays, 

 D. 26 : P. 12 : V. 2. : A. 17 : C. 1 l.Bhch, pt v. pi. 167 ; 

 Cuv. $ Val., xi. p. 220 ; Yarr. Brit Fish., i. 253 ; Mont. 

 Mem. Wern. Soc., ii. p. 443, pi. 22. 



Sp. 66. B. Gattorugine. Gattoruginous Blenny. Head with 

 two branched filaments ; dorsal very slightly emarginate 

 in the centre, the hinder part continuous with the caudal ; 

 ventrals slender, of two rays : colour rufous brown, with 

 a few darker markings. Fin-rays, D. 33 : P. 14 : V. 2 : 



