2iO 



SPOTTED BLENNY. Class IV. 



the laft often difpofed in rows above and beneath 

 the lateral line. 



93. Spotted. Gnnnellns Comulfkn/itrnj non- 



nullis Butter-fijh, q. d. Li- 



paris. WiL Iclh, 115. Rail 



Jyn. pifc. 144. 



Blennius maculis circiter'de- 



cem nigris limbo albicante 



utrinque ad pinnam dorfa- 



. lem. Arted. Jynon. 45. 



Blennius Gunnellus. B. pinna 



dorrali ocellis X nigris. Lin. 

 fyji. 443. Faun, Suec. No. 

 318. 



Seb. Muf. III. p. 91. Tab, 

 30. /^. 6, ^ 



Pholis maculis annulatis ad 

 pinnam dorfalem, pinnis 

 ventralibus obfoletis. Gro- 

 vo-v. Zooph. No. 267. 



THIS fpecies is found in the fame place with 

 the preceding, lurking like it under flones, 

 is equally vivacious, and is ufed as a bait for 

 larger fifh. 



Its length is fix inches : the depth only half an 

 inch : the fides very much comprefied, and ex- 

 tremely thin. 



The head and mouth is fmall; the laft points 

 upwards, and the lower jaw Hopes confiderably to- 

 wards the throat. 



The teeth are very fmall-, the irides whitifh. 

 . The pecloral fins rounded, and of a yellow color : 

 inftead of the ventral fins are two minute fpines. 



The dorfal fin confifts of fevency-eight fhort fpiny 

 rays, and runs the length of the back almoft to the 

 tail : on the top of the back are eleven round fpots, 



' which 



