Class IV. SORDID DRAGONET. i6y 



Draamculus. Wil. Ictb. 136. Caliionymus Dracunculus. C. 70. SoftBii 

 Rati fyn. pifc. 79. dorfalis prioris radiis cor- 



Cottus pinna fecunda dorfi al- pore brevioribus. Lin. fyft. 

 ba dried. Jynon. 77. 434. 



THIS fpecies we received from Mr. Travis* 

 Its length was only fix inches and an half. 



The head was compreffed \ the forehead Hoped 

 down to the nofe, being not fo level as that of the 

 preceding. 



The eyes large, and almoft contiguous. 



The mouth fmall; the teeth very minute. 



Over the gills was a ftrong trifurcated broad fpine. 



The fird dorfal fin had four rays ; the fird feta- 

 ceous, extending a little higher than the others, the 

 lad very fhort : the two firft rays and webs were 

 yellow, the others black. 



The fecond had ten foft rays, their ends extend- 

 ing beyond the webs, which were pellucid. 



The pectoral fins confided of twenty rays, and 

 were ferruginous, fpotted with a deeper cad of the 

 fame : the ventral fins confided of five broad and 

 much branched rays, like thofe of the fird fpecies. 



The anal fin was white, and- had ten rays ; the 

 tail had ten rays. In both fpecies they are bifur- 

 cated at their ends, and the ray next the anal fin in 

 both is very fhort. 



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