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32. B^ Phycis. Grey-brown, with the nostrils slightly 

 crested : lower-lip with a cirrus : back with 2 fins. 



Hake Blenny. Forked Hake. Br. Zool. iii. p. 193. *. 82. 



2. Body about half the size, black, fmooth. 



Body about a foot long : palate with a triangular bed of fmall' 

 teeth : lateral-line curved ; vent in the middle of the body : dorfal- 

 fins 10, 61-rayed, the first triangular with the first ray long and 

 slender, fecond commencing just behind the first and reaching 

 nearly to the tail ; pectoral 15 ; ventral 2-rayed, joined at the bottoift 

 and forked towards the end ; anal 57 ; tail rounded, 30-rayed. 



33. B. trifurcatus. Brown, with white lips : ventral-fias 

 of 3 distinct cirri 



Trifurcated Blenny. Br. Zool. ii\.p. 196. t. 32. 



Body about a foot long, deep brown, except the foldings of the 

 lips which are fnowy ; compressed from the pectoral-fins, and fud- 

 denly tapering to the tail : lower-jaw with a fmall beard : head 

 broad, depressed : eyes large, iris yellowish : palate with a femi- 

 . lunar row of fmall curved teeth : tongue none : back with a cavity 

 at the beginning, in which is the rudiment of the first dorfal-fin; 

 fecond dorsal-Jin reaching to the tail, the a»a/correfponding : above 

 the pectoral-fin each side a row of tubercles, from which commences 

 the lateral-line which is abruptly curved in the middle j tail 

 rounded. 



34. B. Pholis. Olive-green, marbled with blackish and 

 whitish clouds : lateral-line curved sub-bifid. 



Smooth Blenny. Brit. Zool. iii. t. 36. Donovan t, 78. 



Body 7 or 8 inches long, olive, dark-brown or green, variously 

 clouded, with orange fins : head thick : mouth large : jaws armed 

 with a row of sharp teeth, the upper-one longer : lips whitish : 

 ?i&strils with 4 fibres : eyes large, iris red, pupil black : tongue 

 fmooth : palate rough: vent. nearer the head: dorfal-fin long, ap- 

 pearing as if divided in the middle, 31-rayed ; pectoral rounded, 12 ; 

 ventral divided at the end, 2 j anal 20, the ends of the rays pure 

 white; tail rounded, 13-rayed, 



35. B. Gunnelus. Yellowish-brown, with deeper specks; 

 dorsal-fin with about 10 round black spots, each sur- 

 rounded with a paler ring. 



Spotted Blenny. Brit. Zool. iii. t. 35. Donovan Fishes t 3 27. 



Body 8 or 9 inches long, slender, much compressed, white be- 

 neath : head fmall : mouth sloping obliquely downwards : lower-jaw 

 longer : iris white, pupil black : lateral-line straight, obfolete : vent 

 nearer the head : dorsal-fin nearly as long as the body, with 9-12 

 ocellate fpots, 77-rayed ; pectoral fmall, 12 ; ventral 2 ; anal orange, 

 fpotted with brown at the bafe, 43 ; tail yellow, rounded, 

 16-rayed. 



36. B, viviparus. Olive, with dusky bars down the sides, 

 beneath white : nostrils tubular : dorsal caudal and 

 anal-fins united. 



Viviparous Blenny. Br. Zool. iii. t. 37. Donovan t. 34. 



Body about 12 inches long, taper, yellowish-olive with dusky 

 bars acrofs the back, covered with minute oblong white fcales edged 

 with black : head fmall : upper-jaw longer : vent nearer the head : 

 lateral-line straight, obfolete : throat yellow : dorfal-fin with a deep 

 indenture near the tail, 92-rayed ; pectoral yellow, 48 ; ventral 2; 

 anal yellow 68; caudal 48-rayed. 



