280 SMOOTH BLENNY. Class IV. 



** With a smooth head. 



3. Smooth, La tierce espece de Exocetus? Blennius maxilla superiore 



Belon, 219. longiore, capite summoacu- 



Alauda non cristata. Rondel. minato. Arted. Synon. 45. 



205. Gesner pise. 18. Blennius Pholis. Lin. Syst. 



Mulgranoc, & Bulcard Cornu- 443. Gm. Lin. 1180. Gro- 



lice. Wil. Ichth. 133. Rati nov. Zooph. No. 25Q. 



Syn. pise. 73. Le Perce pierre. Block ichth. 



Cataphractus lasvis Cornulien- ii. 164. tab. 71. f. 2. 



sis. Smooth Shan. Mr. Jago Le Blennie Pholis. De la Ce- 



apud Rati Syn. pise. 164. pede Hist, des Poissons, ii. 



Jig. 10. 4-89- 



VV E discovered this species in plenty lying 

 under the stones among the tang on the rocky 

 coasts of Anglesey, at the lower water-mark. 

 It was very active and vivacious, and would by 

 the help of its ventral fins creep up between the 

 stones with great facility. It bit extremely 

 hard, and would hang at the finger for a consi- 

 derable time. It was very tenacious of life, 

 and lived for near a day out of water. It feeds 

 on shells and small crabs, whose remains we 

 found in its stomach. 

 Descrip- The length in general was five inches ; the 



T10N. . 



head large, and sloping suddenly to the mouth; 

 the irides red; the teeth slender, very sharp, 

 and close set; there were twenty-four in the 





