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THIS is introduced by Ray, in his Synopsis 

 Piscium, on the authority of Mr. Jago, a judicious 

 ichthyologist of that age, under the title of Barbus 

 minor Cornubiensis tirris bifurcis, or the Lesser 

 Forked-Beard. Mr. Pennant having never seen the 

 fish, places it next to the preceding, under the 

 name of Least Hake. It is said not to exceed five 

 inches in length : the first dorsal fin (according 

 to the figure in Ray's Synopsis) is shorter than that 

 of the preceding fish : the second resembles that of 

 the other kind : the ventral fins are bifurcated : it 

 has a small beard, and a rounded tail, but the head 

 s shorter and more steep : the colour black, the 

 &kin smooth, and the appearance disagreeable. 



With plain or inappendiculated head. 



TRIFURCATED BLENNY, 



Blennius Trifurcatus. B.fufcus, labiis albis, pinnis ventralibus 



triradiatis solutis. 

 Brown Blenny, with white lips, and three-rayed open ventral 



fins. 

 Trifurcated Hake. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 172. pi. 32. 



FIRST described by Mr. Hugh Davies of Beau- 

 inaris in Wales, who communicated it to Mr. 



