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SPOTTED BLENNY. Class IV. 



4. Spotted. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Gunnellus Cornubiensium, 

 nonnullis Butter-fish, q. d. 

 Liparis. 'JVil. Ichtli. 115. 

 Raii Syn.pisc. 144. 



Blennius maculis circiter de- 

 cern nigris, limbo albicante 

 utrinque ad pinnam dorsa- 

 lem. Arted. Synon. 45. 



Blennius Gunnellus. B. pinna 

 dorsali ocellis X nigris. Lin. 

 Syst. 443. Gm. Lin. 1181. 

 Faun. Suec. No. 318. 



Sel. Mus. iii. p. 91. tab. 30. 



fig- 6. 



Pholis maculis annulatis ad 

 pinnam dorsalem, pinnis 

 ventralibus obsoletis. Gro- 

 nov. Zooph. No. 267. 



Le Papillon de Mer. Block 

 ichth. ii. 166. tab. 71. f. 1. 



La Blennie Gunnel. De la 

 Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 

 ii. 503. 



X HIS species is found in the same place with 

 the preceding, lurking like it under stones, 

 is equally vivacious, and is used as a bait for 

 larger fish. 



Its length is six inches ; the depth only half 

 an inch ; the sides very much compressed ; the 

 head and mouth is small; the last points up- 

 wards, and the lower jaw slopes considerably 

 towards the throat ; the teeth are very small ; 

 the irides whitish ; the pectoral fins rounded, 

 and of a yellow color ; instead of the ventral 

 fins are two minute spines ; the dorsal fin con- 

 sists of seventy-eight short spiny rays, and 

 runs the length of the back almost to the tail ; 

 on the top of the back are* eleven round spots, 



* The number of spots varies. Ed. 



