2o3 SMOOTHBLENNY. Class IV, 



The peroral fins broad arid rounded, confiding 

 of fourteen rays, which extend beyond the webs, 

 making the edges appear fcalloped. 



The ventral fins like thofe of others of the genus : 

 the dorfal fin confifted of fourteen flrong fpiny 

 rays, and nineteen foft rays; the laft of which 

 were higher than the fpiny rays. 



The anal fin had twenty-one rays : the ends in 

 every fin extending beyond their webs. 



The tail v/as rounded at the end, and confifted 

 of twelve rays, divided towards their extremities. 



This fiih in general was of a dull^y hue, mark- 

 ed acrofs with v;avy lines : the belly of a light alii 

 color. 



The lower part of the pectoral fins, and the ends 

 of the ventral fins, of an orange color. 



. ** With a fmooth head. 



Qx., 



iJMOOTH. -^^ tierce cfpece de Exoce- /.<•, Smooth Shan. Mr. J^^i* 



"^ * ' * tus ? Belon, 219. p.pud Rail Jyn, p/c, 164. 



Alauda non criftata. Rondel. fig. 10. 



205. Gefner pifc. 18. Blennius maxilla fuperiore 



Mulgranoc, & Bulcard Cor- longiore, capite fummo 



nubia. Wil. Icth, 133. Rail acuminato. Aric-d.fynon.i^z^, 



fyn. fife. 73. Blennius Pholls. Lin.j'yft^ 443. 



Cataphradus Issvis Cornubicn- Grono^j. Zooph, No. 259. 



Place. 



WE difcovered this fpecies in plenty lying 

 under the ftones among the tang on the 



rocky 



