OCELLATED BLENNY. 



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cles or points : on each side the lower jaw is a tooth 

 longer than the rest : the skin is mucous, and 

 freckled all over with small reddish specks. 



OCELLATED BLENNY. 



Blennius Ocellaris. B. cceruleo-virescens, fusco subfasciatut, 



pinna dorsali lata, macula ocellari nigra, 

 Blueish-green Blenny, subfasciated with brown, with broad 



dorsal fin marked by a black ocellated spot. 

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



anteriore ocello ornata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p, 441. 

 Butterfly Fish. Will. p. 131. pi. H. 3./. 2. Block, pi. lfi?. 



This species is an inhabitant of the Mediter- 

 ranean sea, and is usually seen of the length of 

 about six or eight inches : it is numbered among 

 edible fishes, though not much esteemed : it is of a 

 thickish form in front, the body gradually declining 

 towards the tail : the head is large, and slopes sud- 

 denly downwards : the mouth is wide, and furnished 

 with sharp and close-set teeth : the body is without 

 •visible scales, and is generally of a greenish cast, 

 much deeper on the back, and marked by a few 

 large, distant, transverse clouds or bands of a 

 dusky hue : on the head, between the eyes, are 

 placed two long processes or filaments, slightly sub- 

 divided at their extremities : the back fin, which is 

 very wide on its fore-part, is of a pale blueish tinge, 

 clouded with dusky variegations, and is marked in 

 the middle by a large black, or deep blue spot, sur- 

 rounded by a whitish border. This fish is described 



