■ja THE DR-AGONE-r. 



Division II.— Jugular IiJJjes. 



Genus' XXI. — "ihe Dmgonet.''^ 



J. HERE are three kinds of the dragonet enumerated iri 

 the fyftem of nature, the lyra or gemmeous, the dracun* 

 cuius or fordid, and the Indian : They are all deftitute of 

 fcales ; and are of a fmooth, uniform body, attenuated to- 

 wards the tail. The mouth is very fmall, thickly fet with 

 teeth, upon the jaws, tongue and palate f. The eyes are 

 prominent, fomewhat large, placed vertically, and near 

 to each other ; hence the name of onrnnofcopiy which 

 thefe animals have obtained from the old naturalifts t. 

 The upper lip is in this genus double ; and it is alfo dif- 

 tmguilhed by a three forked fpine, rifing from each of the 

 eperatla of the .gills, and lying backwards along the 

 head. 



The gemmeous dragonet, is found as far north as Nor- 

 way and Spitsbergen, and fouth as far as the Medit&rra- 

 neari : it is not unfrequently upon the ScarhoroUgh coafts, 

 where it is taken by the hook in thirty or forty fathoms wa- 

 ter. It grows to the length of ten or twelve inches, and is 



often 



* Callionymus Lyra, Lin. Syll. Yellow Gurnard, Phil.Tranf. No. 29^?. 

 '\ Guan. Hift. Pifi. I3I. \ Vide Gronov. Zooph. No, 206. 



