276 CRESTED BLENNY. Glass IV. 



GENUS XXVII. BLENNY.f 



Head blunt at the end, and very steep. 



Teeth slender. 



Body smooth and slippery, compressed side- 

 ways. 



Fins ventral, consisting generally of only two 

 united rays. 



Fin dorsal, one. 



* With a crested head. 



lj Crested. Adonis, ou exocetus. Belon, versa cutacea. Arted. Synon. 



219. 44. 



Galerita. Rondel. 204. Gesner Blennius Galerita. Lin. Syst. 



pise. 14, 17, 18. 441. Gm. Lin. 1175. 



Alauda cristata, sive Galerita. Le Blennie coquillade. De la 



Wil. Ichth. 134. Rail Syn. Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 



pise. 73. ii. 477. 

 Blennius crista capitis trans- 



JL HIS species is found, though not frequently, 

 on our rocky shores, and is commonly about 



T There being no English name for this genus, Blenny is 

 given it, derived from the word Blennius, the generical term 

 used by Arledius, who forms it from BXhvoc, mucus, it being of 

 a slimy nature. 



