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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Blenniidæ

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Blenniidæ.

Body elongate, low, more or less cylindrical, naked, or covered with scales, which are generally small. The infraorbital ring docs not articulate with the prceoperculum. 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 composed of spines; anal fin long; ventrals jugular,* composed of a few rays, and sometimes rudimentary or entirely absent. Air-bladder generally absent; pyloric appendages none. Pseudobranchiæ present.

Carnivorous fishes, living at the bottom of the shores of all regions; several inhabiting fresh waters.

Blennius tasmanianus. Coasts of Tasmania.

Petroscirtes filamentosus. North coast.

——punctatus. North coast.

——variabilis. Port Jackson.

Salarias Dussumieri. North coast.

——fasciatus. North coast.

——meleagris. Coast of Australia.

Patæcus fronto. Coast of Australia.

——maculatus. Port Jackson.

Clinus anguillaris. Coast of Australia.

——despicillatus. Coast of Tasmania.

Cristiceps argentatus. Port Jackson.

——nasutus. Port Jackson.

——roseus. West coast.

——australis. West coast.

Tripterygium varium. Coast of New Zealand.

——nigripinne. Coast of New Zealand.

——Forsteri. Coast of New Zealand.

——medium. Coast of New Zealand.

——fenestratum. Coast of New Zealand.

* Thoracic in Pseudoblennius.

Except in Dactyloscopus and Patæcus