Pholis. 
FISHES. ACANTHOPT. 
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B. Galerita var. Mont. Wern. Mem. i. 98. t. v. f. 2 — Devon. 
Length about 2 inches. Body, above, olive-green, with blue spots ; belly 
white. Eyes approximating. Crest transverse, fleshy, fimbriated, lateral 
line curved near the head, D. 30, P. 12, V. 2, A. 18, C. 14. In some indi- 
viduals the dorsal fin had black spots, and the anal fin bordered with black 
This species has been taken in the pools among the rocks left by the tide on 
the south coast of Devon, by Montagu, who described it as a var. of the 
Crested Blenny, from which, however, it differs in many particulars. 
Dorsal Jin with a continuous margiii. 
^ B. Galerita. Crested Blenny.- — The two coronal ap- 
pendages oblique, fimbriated at the extremity. 
Linn. Syst. i. 441. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 206. — On rocky shores, rare- 
Length about 5 inches. Body nearly of equal depth, brown, with minute 
spots. Eyes lateral. In front of the eye, above, a fimbriated appendage, 
with an intervening conical wart ; behind the large coronal appendages, and 
on the neck, there are numerous pointed papillae. D. 50, P. 14, V. 2, A, 39, 
C. 16. The anal and dorsal fins are continuous with the tail. The first three 
rays of the dorsal fin ends in short fleshy filaments. — This description applies 
to a specimen which I found in Loch Broom. 
Gen. LIX. PHOLIS. Shan.^ — Head destitute of appen- 
dages. 
1S3. P. IcEvis. Smooth Shan. — -Margin of the dorsal fin 
waved, and with the anal, disjoined from the tail. 
Alauda non cristata. Will. Ich. 133 — Blennius Pholis, Linn. Syst. i. 
443. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 208. — Don. Brit. Fishes, t. Ixxix.— .E, Mul- 
granoc, Bulcard Under stones, common. 
Length 5 inches. Colour marbled black, olive and white. D. 32, P. 13, 
V. 2, A. 19, C. 12 — This species is commonly found lurking under stones 
and sea-weeds. 
Gen. lx. GUNNELLUS. Gunnel. — Dorsal, anal, and 
caudal fins, united. 
1^4. G. vulgaris. Common Gunnel.— -Body compressed ; 
margin of the dorsal fin continuous. 
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G. Cornubiensium, Will. Ich. 115. — Blennius Gunnellus, Linn. Syst. i. 
443. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 210. Don. Brit, Fishes, S. 27 — -E, BuUer- 
fish ; A^, Swaar-fish, Swordick. — Common on the coast, lurking under 
stones. 
Length 6 to 10 inches. Body yellowish-brown, the belly whitish, with a 
row of ten or twelve dark ocellated spots along the back, at the base of the 
dorsal fin. Gape ascending. D. 82, P. 12, V. 2, A. 43, C. 16 — Mr Low, in 
his Fauna Orcadensis^ p. 203., mentions a variety of a reddish-purple colour. 
“ It likewise wants the spots on the back, the other has ; instead of eleven in 
the former, this has only a single one, and that placed near the beginning of 
the back fin.” 
125. G. viviparus. Viviparous Gunnel. — Body subcylindri- 
cal anteriorly ; the margin of the dorsal fin suddenly waved 
near the tail. 
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