150 FISHES. 



ruqine. The dorsal even, four filaments on the hrows ; a hlack spot 

 between the fourth and fifth rays. 



Bl. gattorugine, L.; Will. II, 2, and Bl. 162, 1, 2, (the Banded 

 Blenny), under the name of Bl. fasciatus. But two filaments; dor- 

 sal almost even; marked with clouded and ohlique brown hands. 



BL palmicornis, Cuv. ; Penn. Cop. Encycl. Method, f, 111, un- 

 der the name of gattorugine. The dorsal even; the appendage 

 over the eye fimbriated*. 

 The sur-ocular fimbriated appendages are hardly visible in others, but 

 they have a membranous prominence on the vertex which dilates and be- 

 comes red in the nuptial season. Some of them are found in European 

 seas. Such are, 



Bl. galerita, L., Rondel. 204; Bl. pavo, Riss. The dorsal even; 

 spotted and streaked with blue ; a black ocellated spot behind the 

 eye. 



Bl. rubriceps, Riss. (The Red-headed Blenny). Three first 

 rays of the dorsal elevated, forming a red point; top of the head of 

 the same colour. 

 In others, again, the Pholis-}-, Arted., there is neither panache nor 

 crest. One of them, a very small fish, is common on the coast of France. 

 Bl. pholis, L., Bl. 71, 2. (The Common Baveuse). Profile ver- 

 tical ; the dorsal slightly emarginate, dotted and marbled with brown 

 and blackish. 

 "We distinguish from these Blennies, properly so termed, under the 

 name of 



Myxodes, Cuv., 



Species with an elongated head, a pointed muzzle projecting in front of 

 the mouth, and a single range of teeth, as in the Blennies, but without 

 canines \; and under that of 



Salarias, Cuv., 



Species whose teeth, also forming a single range and placed close to each 

 other, are compressed laterally, hooked at the end, inexpressibly slender, 

 and immensely numerous. They move, in the fresh state of the species, 

 like the keys of a harpischord. Their head, strongly compressed above, 

 is very broad below; their lips are thick and fleshy, their profile is com- 

 pletely vertical, and their spirally convoluted intestines are longer and 

 thinner than in the common Blennies. The only species known are from 

 the Indian Ocean §. We call 



* Add, Bl. cornuhts, L.;—Bl. pilicornis, Cuv., pumam, Marcgv. 165, the second 

 figure, but the first description, Src. 



f Pholis, the Greek name of a fish always enveloped in mucus. Add, Bl. caver- 

 nosas, Schn. 37, 2; — Gadus salarias, Forsk. p. 22. 



% The species are new. 



§ Sal. quadripinnxs, Cuv., which is the Blennius gattorugine, Forsk. p. 23; — Bl. 

 sinus, Sujef. Act. Petrop. 177!), part II, pi. vij— the Alticus, or Saltator of Commcrs., 

 Lactp. II, p. 479, and several new species. I have every reason to believe that to 



