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SIMOUS BLENNY. 



Blennius Simus. B. cirro supra oculos minima y pinna dorsal^ 



posterius caudali annexa, linea later ali curva. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel. p. 1179. Sujet. Act. Petrop. 1779- P> 198. 



t. 6. f. 2. 4. 

 Blenny with very small cirrus over the eyes, dorsal fin united 



behind to the caudal fin, and crooked lateral line. 



LENGTH about three inches and a half: body 

 smooth and very thin : mouth placed beneath : 

 jaws arched : lips membranaceous, very thin, and 

 serrate : teeth small, crouded, equal, in a single 

 row : eyes very large, approximate, and pro- 

 minent : gill-covers small, flexible, pellucid, and 

 consisting of two pieces : vent in the middle of 

 the body : at the origin of the dorsal fin is a fatty 

 tubercle : tail rounded, with four or five small 

 spurious fins placed near it. 



HAKE BLENNY. 



Blennius Phycis. B. fusco-cinereus t naribus subcristatis, cirro 



labii inferioris, dor so bipinni. 

 Cinereous brown Blenny, with subcristated nostrils, a beard at 



the lower lip, and two dorsal fins. 

 Blennius Phycis. B. naribus subcristatis, cirro labii inferioris, 



dor so bipenni. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 441. 

 Forked Hake. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 170. 



THE present species is ranked by Mr. Pennant 

 among the Gadi, but the ventral fins, being fur- 



