m FISHES. JUGULARES. 11. Blennlus. 



27. G. Mustela. Olive-brown, beneath whitish : mouth 

 with 4 beards on the upper-jaw, and 1 on the lower.: 

 first dorsal-fin obsolete, lodged in a furrow, with a 

 cirrus before it. 



Five-bearded Cod. Brit. Zool. iii. t. 33. Donovan's Fishes t. 14. 



Body about 19 inches long, with a yellowish tinge above, covered 

 with mucus and very fmall fcales : head fmall, silvery with a violet 

 tinge : iris golden, pupil black .- mouth large ; upper-jaw longer : 

 lateral-line obfolete : tail rounded: dorsal-fins 1,42-rayed: pectoral 

 14; ventral 7 ; anal 40 ; caudal 2-5-rnyed, 



28. G. tricirratus. Reddish-yellow with dark-brown spots: 

 mouth with 2 beards on the upper-jaw and 1 on the 

 lower : first dorsal-fin obsolete, lodged in a farrow, 

 without the cirrus before it. 



Three-bearded Cod, Rock ling. Brit, Zool. t. 33. Donovan t. 2. 



Body long, slender, compressed : teeth numerous, fmall, difpofed 

 along the jaws in the form of a broad plate : palate with a triangu- 

 lar fct of fmall teeth ; fins all fpotfed, the ventral reddish : lateral- 

 line bent till the middle of the body : dorsal-fins 1, 56 ; pectoral 18 ; 

 ventral 6; anal 46 ; caudal 20 rayed. 



D. With a single dorsal-fin. 



29. G. Brosme. Lower-jaw with a single beard : ventral- 

 fins fleshy, ending in 5 cirri : tail rounded, and with 

 the dorsal and anal fins edged with white. 



Torsk. Br Zool. t. 34. Donovan's Fishes t. 70. 



Body about 25 inches long, above yellow-olive, beneath white, a 

 little compressed, prominent on the belly ; head dusky, with a 

 deep furrow reaching to the dorfal-fin which is rounded on the 

 fore-part : lateral-line curved, whitish : vent in the middle of the 

 body :• dorsal, anal, and caudal-fins fpotted : pectoral fmall, yellow, 

 rounded: dorsal-fin 49-rayed j pectoral 21; ventral 5; anal 37; 

 caudal 35-rayed. 



11. BLENNIUS. Bknny. 



30. B. Gattorugine. Whitish, with transverse brown un- 

 dulations : over each eye and, on the nape a palmate 

 cirrus. 



Gattorugine. Br. Zool. iii. t. 35. Donovan t, 86. 



Body 8-10 inches long, compressed: eyes vertical, prominent ; 

 iris reddish, pupil black : teeth fmall, clofe-fet ; palate fmooth : on 

 the head 2 pair of branched membranes: nostrils near the eyes: 

 gill-cover of one piece: lateral-line straight, nearer the back : vent 

 nearer the head : dorsal-fin. with generally a few black fpots, the 

 first 16 rays fpinous, the hindmost very long : dorsal-fin 32-rayed ; 

 pectoral 13 ; ventral 2 j anal 20 ; caudal 12-rayed. 



11. B. Galerita. Yello wish-brown, speckled with black : 

 between the eyes a. transverse triangular crest edged 

 with red. 



Crested Blenny. Br. Zool. iii. L 35. 



Body 4 or 5 inches long, compressed, slender, slippery : head fur- 

 nished with a skinny appendage which may be raifed or depressed, , 

 and between the eyes a triangular prominence pointing backwards : 

 vent behind the pectoral fins : dorfal-fin shallow, reaching from the 

 head nearly to the tail, 60-rayed, of which 50 are spinous,; pectoral 

 iqj ventral fmall, short, 2.; anal 36 ; tail rounded., j6-raye.d.. 



