GEMMEOUS DRAGONET. 



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ACANTHOPTEEYGTT. 



GOBWIBE. 



THE GEMMEOUS DRAGONET. 



YELLOW SKULPiN. Cornwall. — gowdie. Scotland, 



Callionymus lyra, Linn^us. 



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



,, ,, Gemmeous Dragonet, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 221, 



pi. 31. 

 „ „ ,, „ Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 9. 



,, „ „ Flem. 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, with 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 very small, at 

 the upper edge of the operculum. 



The Gemmeous Dragonet, so called from its bril- 

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



