﻿FISHES. 
  

  

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  destitute 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  bands, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  

   greenish-brown 
  colour. 
  The 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  caudal, 
  besides 
  which 
  it 
  ends 
  in 
  several 
  low 
  rays, 
  

   thus 
  leaving 
  a 
  wide 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  tail 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal. 
  The 
  general 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  is 
  less, 
  and 
  it 
  

   does 
  not 
  rise 
  so 
  abruptly 
  anteriorly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form 
  of 
  

   Iwpus* 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  A. 
  minor, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  external 
  colouration, 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  see 
  anything 
  

   to 
  warrant 
  its 
  being 
  considered 
  a 
  good 
  species 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   observation 
  applies 
  to 
  A. 
  lupus-non-maculatus. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BLENNIUS, 
  Artedi. 
  

   Blennius 
  gattorugine, 
  Block. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  only 
  on 
  two 
  occasions." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  This 
  fish, 
  however, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  one 
  are 
  not 
  

   represented 
  in 
  Banff 
  Museum. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  found 
  it 
  on 
  trawl 
  vessels, 
  

   and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  Day, 
  in 
  his 
  description, 
  says 
  

   there 
  is 
  "a 
  well-developed 
  fringed 
  tentacle 
  above 
  the 
  orbit," 
  

   and 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  " 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  beneath 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  " 
  but 
  in 
  his 
  

   figure 
  (plate 
  59) 
  this 
  black 
  spot 
  does 
  not 
  appear, 
  and 
  the 
  eye 
  

   tentacles 
  are 
  shown 
  of 
  a 
  short 
  blunt 
  oval 
  form 
  ; 
  whereas, 
  in 
  

   Yarrell's 
  figures, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  226, 
  1st 
  ed., 
  the 
  eye 
  tentacles 
  are 
  

   shown 
  long 
  and 
  bifurcated 
  at 
  their 
  extremities, 
  but 
  without 
  

   any 
  fringing. 
  

  

  As 
  Day 
  makes 
  no 
  mention 
  of 
  a 
  Blenny 
  with 
  bifurcated 
  eye 
  

   tentacles, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  a 
  

   different 
  form, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  gattorugine, 
  from 
  that 
  

   referred 
  to 
  by 
  Yarrell. 
  

  

  Blennius 
  montagui, 
  Flem. 
  Montagu's 
  Blenny. 
  

  

  " 
  One 
  specimen 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  a 
  haddock." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  [Blennius 
  occellaris, 
  Linn. 
  " 
  Butterfly 
  Blenny." 
  

  

  Recorded 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Howden 
  as 
  local, 
  and 
  as 
  being 
  represented 
  

   in 
  Montrose 
  Museum. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  recorded 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Day 
  as 
  

   having 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  Scottish 
  waters.] 
  

  

  