f)2 FISHES. JUGULARES. 11. Elcimiizs. 



27. G. Mustela. Olive-brown, beneath whitish : mouth 

 with 4 beards on the upper-jaw, and I on !he lower : 

 first dorsal-iin obsolete, lodged in a furrow, with a, 

 cirrus before it. 



Five-bearded Cod. Brit. Zool. iii. t. 33. Donovan'* Fishes t. 14. 



Body about 19 inches long, with a yellowish tinge above, covered 

 with mucus and very fniall fcalcs : head i'mall, silvery with a violet 

 tinge : iris golden, pupil black : mouth large ; upper-jaw longer : 

 lateral-line obfolete : tail rounded: dorsal-fini 1,42-raycd: putcra/ 

 14.; ventral j ; anal 40 ; caudal z^-rayed, 



28. G. fn'cirratus. Reddish-yellow with dark-brown spots: 

 mouth \vifh 2 beards on the upper-jan and I on the 

 lower : first dorsal-fin obsolete, lodged in ;i furrow, 

 without the cirrus before it. 



Three-bearded Cod, Rockling. Brit. Zool. t. 33. Donovan t. 2. 



Fody long, slender, compressed : teeth numerous, fniall, difpofed. 

 along the jaws in the form of a broad plate : palate with a triangu- 

 lar fet of fmall teeth ; fins all fpotted, the ventral reddish : lateral- 

 line bent till the middle of the body : dorsal-fin* i, 56 ; pectoral 18 ; 

 ventral 6; ana! +6 ; caudal 20 rayed. 



D. With a single dorsal-fin. 



.29. G. Broa-me. Lower-jaw with a single beard : ventral- 

 fins fleshy, ending in 5 cirri : tail rounded, and with 

 the dorsal and anal fins edged witli white. 



Torsk. Br ZooL t. 34. Donovan's Fishes t. 70. 



Body about 25 inches long, above yellow-olive, beneath wH f -, a 

 little compressed, prominent on the belly ; head dusky, -with i 

 deep furrow reaching to the dorfal-fin which is rounded on the 

 fore-part : lateral-line curved, whitish : vent in the middle of the 

 body: dorsal, anal, and caudal-fins fpotted: pectoral tinall, ye Haw, 

 rounded : dorsal-Jin 49-rayed ; pectoral 21 ; ventral 5 ; anal 37 

 caudal 35-raycd. 



11. BLENNIUS. Blcnny* . 



30. B. Gattorugine. Whitish, with transverse brown un- 

 dulations : over each eye and on the nape a palmate 

 cirrus. 



Gattorugine. Br. Zool. iii. t. 35. Donovan t t 86. 



Body 8-10 inches long, compressed: eyes vertical, prominent; 

 iris reddish, pupil black : teeth fmall, clofe-fct : palate Imooth : on 

 the head 2 pair of branched membranes : nostrils near the eyes : 

 gill-cover of one piece : lateral-lint straight, nearer the back: vent 

 nearer the head : dorsal-Jin with generally a few black fpots, the 

 first 16 rays fpinous, the hindmost very long : dorsal-Jin 32-rayed ; 

 pectoral 13 ventral 2 ; ana! 20 ; caudal i2-raycd. 



?l. B. Galcrita. Yellowish-brown, speckled with black : 

 between the eyes a transverse triangular crest edged 

 with red. 



Crested Blenny. Br. Zool. iii. i. 35. . 



Body 4 or 5 inches long, compressed, slender, slippery : head fur- 

 nished with a skinny appendage which may be railed or depressed, 

 and between the eyes a triangular, prominence pointing backwards : 

 vent behind the pectoral fins : dorjal-jin shallow, reaching from the 

 head nearly to tlie tail, 6o-xayed, of which 50 are spinpus.^ pectoral 

 -ic,; ventral fmall, short, 2; awL^G- tail rounded., )6-rayecU 



