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PUNCTULATED BLENNY. 



Blennius Punctulatus. B. albidus squamosus, punctis irregula* 



ribus fuscis, pinnis ventralibus elongatis. 

 Whitish scaly Blenny, with irregular brown points, and 



elongated ventral fins. 

 Le Blennie pointille. Cepede 2. p. 506. pi, 12. f. 3. 



The head of this species is large, and scattered 

 over with numerous impressed specks, which ex- 

 tend as far as the gill-covers : the opening of the 

 mouth is narrow, the lips thick, and the teeth 

 .sharp and close-set : the eyes very large : the 

 body covered with very visible scales, and marked 

 by several small, irregular clouds and spots on a 

 paler ground : the pectoral fins very large, and 

 ovate: the ventral composed each of two soft 

 rays, almost as long as the pectoral fins : the dorsal 

 commences at the back of the head, and extends 

 as far as the tail : its rays are tipped with small 

 lilaments, more especially the eight last, of which 

 .six are rather longer and two shorter than the 

 rest : the vent fin is distinct from the tail, which is 

 of a rounded shape. Size, according to Cepede's 

 figure, about five inches. Described from a speci* 

 men in the Paris Museum, 



