The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . AsTEBOPTEBYx Rilppell. Small, ovate, fusiform, com-pressed ; scales large, crenated; dorsal fins two,the first very high and falcate; ventral fins verylong; the outer rays(?) the longest; mouth hori-zontal, moderate, with a single row of conic teeth ;no lateral line or anal appendage; head compressed,covered with scales. A. semipunctatus. Riipp. Atl. i. pi. 34. fig. 4. Eleotbis G7onov. General structure of Gobius; butthe ventral fins moderate ; dorsal fins two, the firstwith flexible spines ; eyes remote. Siculus.
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . AsTEBOPTEBYx Rilppell. Small, ovate, fusiform, com-pressed ; scales large, crenated; dorsal fins two,the first very high and falcate; ventral fins verylong; the outer rays(?) the longest; mouth hori-zontal, moderate, with a single row of conic teeth ;no lateral line or anal appendage; head compressed,covered with scales. A. semipunctatus. Riipp. Atl. i. pi. 34. fig. 4. Eleotbis G7onov. General structure of Gobius; butthe ventral fins moderate ; dorsal fins two, the firstwith flexible spines ; eyes remote. Siculus. Sw. App. niger. Frey. Atl. pi. 60. fig. 2. * RuPELLiA Sw. General habit of Gobius; ventralfins united; head thick, fat, obtuse, covered withfleshy cirri or filaments; eyes vertical; lower jawdirected upwards, and longer than the upper ; mouthvertical; representing Uranoscopus, &c. R. echinocephala. Riipp. Atl. i. pi. 34. fig. 3. CoMEPHOBus Lac. Dorsal fins two ; ventrals wanting;muzzle oblong, broad, and depressed; pectorals verylong; gill opening large, with seven C, Baicalensis. Pall. Nov. Act. i. ix. fig. 1. (Jig. 91.) * If the Scicena macrolepMota and maculata of Blocb, pi. 298, 299, fig. 2,placed here by Cuvier, are correctly represented, they do not, I think, be-long to this genus ; because the ventral fins are drawn as in ordinary fishes,that is, with the longest rays in front, whereas, in Eleoiris, those in frontare the shortest. 282 CLASSIFICATION OP IlSHES, ETC. Family 8. Blenny Bullheads. Head broader than the body_, obtuse^ depressed, fleshy,with slender appendages or cu-ri, and a few concealedprickles on the gills^ but without distinct spines orbony tubercles; scales small^ regular, but sometimesembedded in the skin, and not visible externally ; pec-torals broad, obtuse, not pedunculated ; branchial aper-ture narrow or spiraculated; ventral fins very small,with two to three round rays; all the fins envelopedin the common skin of the body; opercu
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