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HORNED B LENNY. 



either raised or depressed at pleasure ; and between 

 the eyes is a small triangular prominence, pointing 

 backward, and red about the edges : ventral fins 

 very small, short, and didactyle: dorsal shallow, 

 running from the hind part of the head to the tail, 

 which is of a round shape: vent placed at some 

 distance beyond the pectoral fins : anal fin reach- 

 ing from the vent to the tail. Native of the Euro- 

 pean seas, and found about the rocky coasts of 

 Great Britain. 



PUNAltU. 



Blennius Cristatus. B. crista longitudinali setacea inter oculos. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 441. Ray pise. p. 73. Punaru. 

 Blenny with longitudinal setaceous crest between the eyes. 



Length about four inches : head thickish ; eyes 

 gold-coloured, situated towards the top of the head : 

 over the eyes two short, red filaments : ventral fins 

 three-rayed. Native of the Indian seas. 



HORNED BLENNY. 



Blennius Cornutus. B. radio simplici supra oculos, pinna dorsali 

 solitaria. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 441. Mus. Ad. Frid. 2. p. 6l. 

 Blenny with simple ray between the eyes, and single dorsal fin. 



This, according to Linnaeus, its first describer, 

 is a small species, with a long, thin, and simple 

 process over each eye : on the head are a great 

 many very small or scarcely visible scattered tuber- 



