Cla&sIV. VIVIPAROUS BLENNY. 173 
They are commonly about a foot in length, and peter, 
of an eel-like form: their fkin fmooth and flippery. 
At the noftrils are two {mall beards: the jaws are 
very rough: the covers of the gills open. 
The dorfal fin commences at the hind part of the 
head, and reaches almoft to the tail; it confifts of 
_ eighty rays. 
The pe¢toral fins are rounded, and are compofed 
of nineteen rays: the ventral fins of only four very 
fhort ones, 
The anal fins extends to and unites with the tail, 
which is {mall, and ends ina fharp point, 
The color of the back and head is a yellowith 
brown, {tained with black ftrokes: the fides a little 
lighter: the belly of a dirty white: the dorfal fin 
marked in the fame manner as the back, 
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