CJKMMEOUS DKAGONET. 



2Ci 



ACANTHOFTT.R.YGU. 



GOBlOfD.E. 



THE GEAFMEOUS DRAGONET. 

 YELLOW SKULPiN. Cortuvoll. — GOwriE. Scotland, 



Calllonumus li/ra, LinN;EL'.s. 



,, ,, CuviER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 247. 



>. ,, Gemmeoiis Dmgoiiet, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 221, 



pi. 31. 

 Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 9, 

 Fi.EM. Brit. An. p. 248, sp. 126. 



Generic Characters. — Head depressed ; eyes on the upper surface, approx- 

 imated ; body smooth, without scales ; two dorsal fins, distinct ; ventral fins 

 separated under the throat, larger than the pectoral fins ; mouth capable of 

 great protrusion ; teeth small, numerous, on the bones of the jaws only ; the 

 males, and probably the males only, witii a postanal tubercle, and with the 

 first ray of the first dorsal fin elongated, reaching to the tail ; branchiostegous 

 rays 6 ; preoperculum ending with three spines ; gill-aperture vpry small, at 

 the upper edge of the operculum. 



The Gemmeous Dkagonet, so called from its bi'il- 

 liant gem-like colours, was first described as a British fisli 



