174 PISCES. 



and in both sexes, -which appears destined for the purposes of coi- 

 tion. We divide them as follows: 



Blennius, Cuv. 



Long, equal, and closely set teeth, forming but a single and regu- 

 lar range in each jaw, terminated behind, in some species, by a longer 

 and hooked tooth. The head is obtuse, the muzzle short, and the fore- 

 head vertical; the intestines broad and short. Most of them have a 

 fimbriated appendage on each brow, and several have another on each 

 temple. Several species of this subdivision are taken along the coast 

 of France; one of the most remarkable is the 



Bl. ocellaris, Bl. 167, 1. The dorsal bilobate, its anterior lobe 

 elevated and marked with a i-ound and black spot, surrounded 

 with a white circle and a black one. 



Bl. tentacularis, Briinn.;Bl. 167, 2, under the name i5Z. gatto- 

 riigine. The dorsal even, four filaments on the brows; a black 

 spot between the fourth and fifth rays. 



Bl. gaitorugincj h.; Will. II, 2, and Bl. 162, 1, 2, under the 

 name of Bl. fasciatxis. But two filaments; dorsal almost even; 

 marked with clouded and oblique brown bands. 



Bl. palmicornis, Cuv.; Penn.' Cop. Encycl. Method., f. Ill, 

 under the name of gattoriigine. The dorsal even; the append- 

 age over the eye fimbriated. (l) 

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

 but they have a membranous prominence on the vertex which dilates 

 and becomes red in the nuptial season. Some of them are found in 

 European seas. Such are, 



Bl. gahrita^ L., Rondel, 204; Bl. pavo, Riss. The dorsal 

 even; spotted and streaked with blue; a black ocellated spot be- 

 hind the eye. 



Bl. rubriceps, Riss. Three first rays of the dorsal elevated, 

 forming a red point: top of the head of the same colour. 

 Others again — the Pholis,(2) Arted., have neither panache nor 

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

 France. 



Bl. pholis, L. BL; 71, 2. Profile vertical; the dorsal slightly 

 emarginate, dotted and marbled with brown and blackish. 



(1) Add, Bl. comutus, L. ; — JBl.pilicornis, Cnv., putnarn, Marcgr. 165, the second 

 figure, but the first description, &c. 



(2) Pholis, the Greek name of a fish always enveloped in niucus. Add, Bl. ca- 

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



