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BLENNIID^. 
“Body elongate, low, more or less cylindrical, 
naked, or covered with scales, which are generally 
small. The infraorbital rina; does not articulate 
with the prEeoperculum. One, two, or three dorsal 
fins occupying nearly the whole of the back. The 
spinous portion, if distinct, being as much developed 
as the soft, or more ; sometimes the whole fin com- 
posed of spines, anal fin long ; ventrals jugular, com- 
posed of a few rays, and sometimes rudimentary or 
entirely absent. Air-bladder generally absent ; 
pyloric appendages none. 
“ Carnivorous fishes, inhabiting the bottom of the 
shores of all regions ; several inhabiting fresh 
waters.” 
Sorts of these will certainly be found in the Straits of Bass. 
CLINUS. 
Formed by Cuvier, and containing a considerable number of 
rather small fishes, inhabiting almost all the seas of the world. 
I have only seen one sort in Victoria. 
CLINtrS DESPICILIATUS. 
Clinus despicillatus, Bichard., Zool. Journ,, 1839, p. 90. 
Bichard., Trans. Zool. Soc., v. iii., p. 128, 
pi. 6, fig. 2. 
The fish I consider as belonging to this sort has its lateral line 
interrupted in its anterior part. The height is four and one- third 
times in the total length ; and the head four and one-fifth times 
in the same. The dorsal is formed of two fins, as in Cristiceps , 
