ClafsIV. LESSER DRAGONET. 133 
i the, Lin SS ER DRAG ONE Ti 
Dracuncalus. Wil. Icth. 136. Callionymus Dracunculus. C. 
Raii fyn. pife. 79+ dorfalis prioris radiis corpo-~ 
Cottus pinna fecunda dorfi al- re brevioribug. Lin. fy. 434. 
ba. <Arted. fynon. 77. 
HIS fpecies we received from Mr. Travis. 
Its length was only fix inches and an half. 
The head was comprefied; the forehead floped 
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 firft dorfal fin had four rays; the firft feta- 
ceous, extending a little higher than the others, the 
laft very fhort: the two firft rays and webs were 
yellow, the others black. 
The fecond had ten foft rays, their ends extending 
beyond the webs, which were pellucid. 
The pectoral fins confifted of twenty rays, and 
were ferruginous, fpotted with a deeper caft of the 
fame: the ventral fins confifted of five broad and 
much branched rays, like thofe of the firft fpecies. 
The anal fin was white, and had ten rays; the 
tail had ten rays. In both fpecies they are bifurcated 
at their ends, and the ray next the anal fin in both 
is very fhort. 
In colors this is far inferior to the former, being 
of a dirty yellow, mixed with white and dufky {pots ; 
the belly is entirely white, 
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