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head scaly ; two dorsal fins, the first short, but elevated, 

 with flexible rays ; the second long and low ; operculi armed 

 with a small spine. 



S. acula, Cuv. Body fawn-coloured. About a foot long. Inha- 

 bits Indian seas Reg. An. ii. 258. 



S. domina, Cuv. First ray of the dorsal fin as long as the body. 

 Inhabits Indian seas. Reg. An. ii. 258. 



These two species are accounted delicate eating. 



Gen. 23. CALLIONYMUS, Lin. 



Head oblong, depressed, thicker than the body ; eyes approxi- 

 mated, vertical ; branchial openings on each side of the neck ; 

 ventral fins under the throat, and larger than the pectorals ; 

 first dorsal fin supported by setaceous rays ; body naked. 

 C. Lyra, Lin. The Gemmeous Dragonet. First dorsal fin lyre- 

 shaped, the first ray reaching to the tail ; last rays of the second 

 dorsal and anal fins longest ; body rounded, smooth, splendidly 

 coloured with blue, yellow, and white. 12 inches long. Inha- 

 bits European seas. B Shaw, iv. pi. 19. 



The C. dracunculus, or Sordid Dragonet of Pennant, which differs from the pre- 

 ceding, chiefly in the colours being less brilliant, the first lay of the dorsal fin shor- 

 ter, and the body in general smaller, Mr Neill conjectures to be the female. He 

 found all the specimens of the Lyra from the Frith of Forth which he examined 

 to be males. 



C. ocellatus, Pall. Body variegated above with cinereous and brown, 

 with white spots, white beneath ; first dorsal fin minute, black, 

 with four dusky spots and setaceous rays ; pectoral fins hyaline, 

 spotted with white at their base, the two middle rays longest ; 

 tail rounded. 3 inches long. Indian seas. Shaw, iv. 120. 



C. pusillus, Laroche. Head large, flattened ; snout pointed ; bo- 

 dy tapering, grayish brown, with scattered white spots above ; 

 gray below, and the sides marked with transverse bands of the 

 same colour ; second dorsal fin with six rays, and thrice higher 

 than the first. 3 inches long. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. 

 An. Mus. xiii. pi. 25, fig. 16. 



C. sagitta, Pall. Head triangular ; body brownish, variegated 

 with gray, whitish beneath ; operculi with a long subulate spine 

 serrated within ; tail rounded. 3 inches long. Inhabits Indian 

 seas Shaw, iv. 122. 



Gen. 24. COMEPHORUS, Lacep. Callionymus, Lin. 

 Body elongated and compressed; head and opening of the 

 mouth large ; snout broad and depressed ; branchial mem- 

 brane with seven rays ; very long pectoral fins ; two dorsal 

 and no ventral fins. 



C. Baikalensis, Cuv. Body soft and oily, slender, slightly com- 

 pressed ; head large, somewhat quadrangular at the base ; pec- 

 toral fins lax and long -, tail bilobate. 8 inches long. Inhabits 

 Lake Baikal in Tartary. Shaw 3 iv. 119. 



