BLENNIUS. 



109 



Blennius vulgaris, Pollini, Viagg. L. di Garda, p. 20, pi. — . fig. 1 (1816) ; 



Martens, Arch. £. Naturg. xxiii. 1857, p. 172, pi. ix. fig. 3 ; Giinth. Cat. 



Fish. iii. p. 217 (1861) ; Steind. Sitzb. Alt. Wien, lvii. i. 1868, p. 670, pi. i. 



figs. 1 & 2 ; Playf. & Letourn. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (-4) viii. 1871, p. 386 ; 



Canestr. Fauna d'ltal., Pesci, p. 28 (1874) ; Lortet, Arch. Mus. Lyon, iii. 



1883, p. 130, pi. xviii. fig. 4 ; Tristr. Faun. Palest, p. 162 (1884). 

 Salarias varus, Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mer. iii. p. 237 (1826). 

 Blennius cagnota, Ouv. & Val. t. c. p. 249 ; Heck. & Kner, Siisswasserf. Oesterr. 



p. 14, fig. (1858) ; Moreau, Poiss. France, ii. p. J 16 (1881) ; Fatio, Vert. 



Suisse, iv. p. 151 (1882). 

 Blennius varus, Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Pesci (1840) ; Giinth. t. c. p. 220 ; Gerv. 



Zool. Pal. Gener. p. 203, pi. xliv. fig. 5 (1869) ; Lortet, t. c. p. 129, pi. xvii. 



fig. 3 ; Tristr. 1. c. 

 Blennius anticolus, Bonap. 1. c. 

 Blennius lupulus, Bonap. 1. c. ; Giinth. t. c. p. 225, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, 



p. 490 ; Lortet, t. c. p. 130; Tristr. 1. c. pi. xix. fig. 3. 

 Iclithyocoris varus, Bonap. Cat. Moth. Peso. Ear. p. 67 (1846) ; Gerv. Rev. et Mag. 



Zool. ii. 1859, p. 347. 

 Ichtliyocoris pollinii, Bonap. op. ,cit. p. 68. 

 Blennius alpestris, Blanch, op. cit. p. 261, fig. ; Lunel, Rev. ct Mag. Zool. xxii. 



1870, p. 3. 



Fisr. 66. 



Blennius f rater. 

 6 2 > Spain, after Steindacher (I. c). 



Body strongly compressed, its depth equal to length of head, 4 to 4 J 

 times in total length. Head with strongly curved upper profile, If to 

 2 times as long as broad, the breeding male with a strong upper crest ; 



