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Clinus*, Cuv., 



Those with short pointed teeth, scattered in several ranges, the first of 

 wliich is the largest. Their muzzle is less obtuse than in the two pre- 

 ceding subgenera, their stomach wider and their intestines shorter. 



In some, the first rays of the dorsal form a point separated by an emar- 

 gination from the rest of the fin-j-; small fimbriated appendages on the 

 eye-brows. 



Tliere are even some of them in which the first rays are altogether 

 forward, and seem to form a pointed and radiated crest on the vertex ;{l. 



In others, again, the dorsal is continuous and even§. 



ClRRIIIBARBA, CuV., 



Have, with the form of the Clinus, the teeth small and crowded, and, be- 

 sides a little tentaculum over the eye and one on the nostril, there are 

 three large ones at the end of the muzzle, and eight under the point of 

 the lower jaw. 



But one species is known, from India, of a uniform fawn colour. 



JMuR^NOiDES, Lacep. — Centronotus, Schn. 



The Gonnelles have the ventrals still smaller than all the other Blen- 

 nies, almost imperceptible, and frequently reduced to a single ray. Their 

 head is very small, and their body elongated like a sword-blade; a dorsal, 

 all of whose rays are simple and without articulation, extends along the 

 whole length of the back. The teeth are like those of a Clinus, and 

 their stomach and intestines of one uniform appearance. 



Bl. gunnellus, L. ; Bl. 71, 1; Lacep. II, xii, 2. Very abundant 

 on the coast of France; there is a series of ocellated spots along 

 the whole base of the dorsal. 



Opistognathus, Cuv., 



Have the form of the true Blennies, and particularly their short snout; 

 distinguished by very large maxillaries prolonged behind into a kind of 

 long, flat moustache ; rasp-like teeth in each jaw, the external row strong- 

 est; three rays in the ventrals, which are placed exactly under the pec- 

 torals. 



0. Sonnerati, Cuv., is the only species known; it was brought 

 from the Indian Ocean by Sonnerat. 



this subgenus we should also refer the Bl edevtuhts, Bl. Schn., or the inmcatus of 

 Forster, notwithstanding it is said to be without teeth. 



* Clinus, the modern Greek term lor the Blenny. 



f Bl. mustelriris, L., Mus. Ad. Fred, xxxi, 3;—Bl. siipcrciliosus, Bl. 168; — Bl. ar- 

 genteus, Risso. N. B. The Blenriie pointille, Lacep. II, xii, 3, appears to me to be a 

 badly preserved specimen of the superciliosus. 



X Bl.feveslralus, Foist., Bl. Schn. p. 173. 



§ Bl. spadiceus, Schn., Seb. Ill, xxx, f. 8; — Bl. acumina/us, Id., Seb. lb. 1; — Bl. 

 punclulus, Ott. Fabr. See. Hist. Nat. Copenh. vol. II, fasc. II, pi. x, f. Z;—Bl. 

 Aitdifredi, Risso, pi. vi, f. 15;— J5/. capensis, Forster, Bl. Schn. 175; — Bl. lumpemts, 

 Walb., Arted. Renov. part III, pi. iii. 



