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- 



hia. Wil. Ichth. 133. Rail nov. Zocph. No. 25g. 



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



Cataphractus laevis Cornulien- ii. 164. tab. Jl. jf. 2. 



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



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



fg. 10. 489. 



W 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 



TION.- iii ii. 1 1 



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 



