276 CRESTED BLENNY. Class 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. 



1. 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. Raii Syn. Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 



pise. 73. ii. 477. 

 Blennius crista capitis trans- 



X HIS species is found, though not frequently, 

 on our rocky shores, and is commonly about 



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

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

 used by Ariedius, who forms it from Bhbya, mucus, it being of 

 a slimy nature. 



