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This is introduced by Ray, in his Synopsis 

 Piscium, on the authority of Mr. J ago, a judicious 

 ichthyologist of that age, under the title of Barbus 

 minor Cornuhiensis cirris bifurcis, or the Lesser 

 Forked-Beard, Mr. Pennant having never seen the 

 fish, places it next to the preceding, under the 

 name of Least Hake, It is said not to exceed five* 

 inches in length : the first dorsal fin (according 

 to the figure in Ray's Synopsis) is shorter than that 

 of the preceding fish : the second resembles that of 

 the other kind : the ventral fins are bifurcated : it 

 has a small beard, and a rounded tail, but the head 

 is shorter and more steep : the colour black, the 

 Skin smooth, and the appearance disagreeable* 



With plain or inappendiculated head, 



TRIFURCATED BLENNY. 



Blennius Trifurcatus. B.fufcus, labiis albis, pinnis ventratibus 



trirddiatis solutis. 

 Brown Blenny, with white lips, and three-rayed open ventral 



fins. 



Trifurcated Hake. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 172. pi 32. 



First described by Mr. Hugh Davies of Beau- 

 maris in Wales, who communicated it to Mr. 



