Clas IV. SMOOTH BLENNY. 169 
The ventral fins like thofe of others of the genus : 
the dorfal fin confifted of fourteen {trong 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 extended beyond their webs. — 
~The tail was rounded at the end, and confifted of 
twelve rays, divided towards their extremities. 
This fifh in general was of a dufky hue, marked 
acrofs with wavy lines: the belly of a_light-ath 
color. » : 
The lower part of the pectoral fins, and the ends 
of the ventral fins, of an orange color. 
as 
With a fmooth head, 
Met rhe SoveO Ofek: EN NOY. 
La tierce efpece de Exocetus? fis, Smooth Shan. Mr. Fago 
Belon. 219. apud Raii fyn. pife. 164. fire 
Alauda oe criftata. Rondel, — e be Hike OE 
205. Gefner pifc. 18. Blennius maxilla fuperiore lon- 
Mulgranoc, & Bultard Corzu- giore, capite f{ummo acumi- 
biz. Wil. Icth. 133. Raii fyn. nato. Arted. fynon. 45. 
pife. 73. Blennius Pholis. Lin. /y/f. 443. 
Cataphractus levis Cornubien- — Gronov. Zooph. No. 259. 
E difcovered this {pecies in plenty. lying un- 
der the ftones among the tang on the rocky 
coafts of Anglefea, at the lower water-mark. It was 
very active and vivacious, and would by the help 
M 2 of 
Place, 
