Class IV. VIVIPAROUS BLENNY. 



which reach the lower half of the doifal fin; they 

 are black, half encircled with white. 



The vent is in the middle of the body ; the anal 

 fin extends from it almoft to the tail. 



The tail is rounded, and of a yellow color. 



The back and fides are of a deep dive: the 

 belly whitiih. 



211 



Muftela marina vivlpara, Ael- 

 quappe, Ael-puet, Ael- 

 moder. Bchone^uelde, 50. 

 Tab. 4. 



Guffer, Eelpout. Zib. Scot, 

 III. 25. 



Muftqla vivlpara Scho7ie^eUii, 

 IVil lah, 122. Rail fyn, 

 pifc.^ 69. 



Blennius capite dorfoque fufco 

 fiavefcente lituris nigris, pin- 

 r.a ani flava. Arted.fynon. 45. 



Bknnius viviparus, B. ore 94.Vivipa« 

 tentaculis duobus. Lin.fyji, ROUS. 



443- 

 Tanglake. Faun, Suec, No. 



317. Mtif. Ad, Fr, I. 69.^ 

 Tab. 32. 

 Enchelyopus corpore lituris 

 variegato ; pinna dorfi ad 

 caudam finuata. Gronov, 

 Zooph. No. 265. 



^CHONEVELBE ^vQi d:\kovQvtd this fpecies; 

 ^ Sir Robert Sihbald afterwards found it on the 

 Scotch coafts ; and Linn^us has defcribcd it in his 

 account of his Swedijh Majefty's Mufeum, 



They are viviparous, bringing forth two or three 

 hundred young at a time. Their feafon of partu- 

 rition is a little after the depth of winter. Before 

 Midfummer they quit the bays and fhores, and re- 

 tire into the deep, where they are commonly tak- 



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en. 



