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Section V. 
Genus XXV . — The Blenny. 
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A HE generic charaflers of this tribe, are, a fhort, blunt 
tQout > a fnaooth body, covered with a glutinous fub- 
ftance, and compreffed laterally. The teeth are flender, 
a nd the ventral fins fmall, fupported only by two con- 
nected rays. The dorfal fir. begins a little behind the head, 
a nd reaches the whole length of the back. The fifhes of 
this genus are varioufly claffed by naturalifls, feme of 
them being mingled with thofe of the laft, while others 
are claffed with thefea fcorpions, and other heterogeneous 
t^bes. Linnxus enumerates thirteen different fpecies of 
the blenny, only four or five of which are known to fre- 
jj Bent ourcoafls ; the gattorugine, thecrefted, thefmooth- 
"eaded, the fpotted, and viviparous blenny ; all thefe 
jaunt the rocky Ihores, and at low water are found un- 
tiv the ft ° neS am ° ng the * ang - The y are extremely ac- 
and vivacious ; by means of their ventral fins they 
of ree P arnon g the rocks; and fome fpecies can live out 
1 *e water during the length of a whole day. 
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