GOBIOID.E. 



Strom. 



D. 50 : P. 10 : V. 2 : A. 36 : C. 16. 

 Dr. Fleming. 



50 14 2 39 16. 

 Professor Nilsson. 



51 14 3 39 14. 

 Dr. George Johnston's fish. 



51 14 3 36 14. 



By a reference to the four species already described in 

 this work, which, with the present fish, constitute all that 

 have been at present ascertained as belonging to our coast, 

 it will be seen that no one of the Blennies of our seas at all 

 approaches the present in the number of its dorsal or anal fin- 

 rays, and the Crested Blenny cannot therefore he confounded 

 with either of them. It is much more nearly allied to two 

 species belonging to the Mediterranean. 



The description which now follows, taken from the fish 

 caught in Berwick bay, will be found to contain most if not 

 all the characters embraced in the four descriptions of 

 Linnaeus, Pennant, Dr. Fleming, and Professor Nilsson. 



The whole length of the specimen was three inches and 

 three-eighths ; depth of the body alone, seven-sixteenths of an 

 inch ; including the dorsal and anal fins, three-quarters of 

 an inch. The body is much compressed; the head more 

 oval, the profile rounded ; the outline of the mouth, when 

 viewed from above, forms a half circle ; viewed laterally the 

 the angle of the mouth is depressed, the mouth in front 

 appears wide ; the lips capable of extensive motion ; the 

 teeth smaller and shorter than those of any other British 

 Blenny. 



At the superior anterior margin of the eye on each side 

 is a small fimbriated appendage, which is connected with 

 that on the opposite side of the head by a fold of skin form- 



