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BLENNIID^]. 



"Body elongate, low, more or less cylindrical, 

 naked, or covered with scales, which are generally 

 small. The infraorbital ring does not articulate 

 with the prseoperculum. One, two, or three dorsal 

 fins occupying nearly the whole of the back. The 

 spinous portion, if distinct, being as much developed 

 as the soft, or more ; sometimes the whole fin com- 

 posed of spines, anal fin long ; ventrals jugular, com- 

 posed of a few rays, and sometimes rudimentary or 

 entirely absent. Air-bladder generally absent; 

 pyloric appendages none. 



" Carnivorous fishes, inhabiting the bottom of the 

 shores of all regions ; several inhabiting fresh 

 waters." 



Sorts of these will certainly be found in the Straits of Bass. 



CLINTJS. 



Formed by Cuvier, and containing a considerable number of 

 rather small fishes, inhabiting almost all the seas of the world. 

 I have only seen one sort in Victoria. 



CLINUS DESPICILLATUS. 



Clinus despicillatus, Richard., Zool. Joum., 1839, p. 90. 



• Richard., Trans. Zool. iSoc, v. iii., p. 128, 



pi. 6, fig. 2. 



The fish I consider as belonging to this sort has its lateral line 

 interrupted in its anterior part. The height is four and one-third 

 times in the total length ; and the head four and one-fifth times 

 in the same. The dorsal is formed of two fins, as in Gristiceps, 



