VIVIPAROUS BLENNY. Class IV. 



en. They are a very coarfe filb, and eat only by 

 the poor. 



They are common in the mouth of the river 

 EJk^ at Wh'it'by^ YorkJhire\ where they are taken 

 frequently from off the bridge. 



They fometimes grow to the length of a foot. 

 Their form flender : their fkin fmooth and flippe- 

 ry. The teeth very minute and fharp : the upper 

 lip thin and fkinny. 



The dorfal fin commences juft behind the head^ 

 and joins with that of the tail-, but near the tail, the 

 Fell are Ihort, fo as to form the appearance of a 

 divifion. The pedtoral fins rounded : the ventral 

 confift of only four fhort rays : the anal extends 

 far, and unites with the tail. The tail round. 



The dorfal fin, back, and fides are of a yellowifh 

 brown, ftained with dufky fpots and lines.r The 

 end of the tongue, the chin, throat, and anal fin 

 of a fine yellow. 



The back- bone is grecn^ as that of a fea-needle. 



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