176 PISCES. 



CiRRHIBARBA, CuV. 



The form of a Clinusj teeth small and crowded, and besides a lit- 

 tle tentaculum over the eye and one in the nostril, there are three 

 large ones at the end of the muzzle, and eight under the point of the 

 lower jaw. 



J^t one species is known, from India, of a uniform fawn co- 

 lour. 



MurjEnoides, Lacep. — Centronotus, Schn. 



The ventrals smaller than in any of the other Blennies, and fre- 

 quently reduced to a single ray. Their head is very small, and their 

 body elongated like the blade of a swordj a dorsal, all of whose rays 

 are simple and without articulations, extends along the whole length 

 of the back. The teeth are like those of a Clinus, and their stomach 

 and intestines of one uniform appearance. 



Bl. gunnellus, L.; BL, 71, 1^ Lacep., II, xii, 2. Very abun- 

 dant on the coast of France; there is a suite of ocellated spots 

 along the whole base of the dorsal. 



Opistognathus, Cuv. 



The form of a true Blenny, and particularly its short snoutj dis- 

 tinguished by very large niaxillaries prolonged behind into a kind of 

 long, flat moustache; rasp-like teeth in each jaw, the external row 

 strongest; three rays in the ventrals, which are placed exactly under 

 the pectorals. 



O. Sonnerati, Cuv., is the only species known; it was brought 

 from the Indian Ocean by Sonnerat. 



ZoARcus, Cuv. 



We dare not separate these fishes from the Blennies, although they 

 have no spinal ray; for they are provided with their anal tubercle, 

 intestines without caeca, and smooth, oblong body, six rays in the 

 branchiae. There are three rays in the ventral; teeth conical, form- 

 ing a single row on the sides of the jaws, and several in front; none 

 in the palate; the dorsal, anal, and caudal are united, not however 

 until the dorsal is considerably depressed. 



Z. viviparus; Bl. viviparus, L. ; Bl., 72. A foot long; fawn 

 coloured, with blackish spots along the dorsal; from the seas 



Bl. Audifredi, Risso, pi. vi, f. 15; — Bl capensis, Forster, Bl. Schn., 175; — BL lum- 

 penus, Walb., Arted. Renov. part III, pi. iii. 



