Found in the frith of forth. 529 

 JUGULARES. 



Callionymits. 



C. Lyra. Dragonet; Chanticleer, or Gowdie. 



Mr Pennant and other authors, describe two 

 species of Callionymus as natives of our seas ; — the 

 Gemmeous Dragonet, C. Lyra ; and the Sordid 

 Dragonet, C. Dracunculus, They bear a consi- 

 derable resemblance to each other ; the Gemmeous 

 Dragonet being distinguished chiefly by the great 

 length of the first ray of the dorsal fin, by being 

 somewhat superior in size, and by the brilliancy 

 of its colours. Mr Stewart remarks, that " it is 

 not certain but the Sordid Dragonet is a mere 

 variety of the Gemmeous*." Dr Shaw says, 

 that " C. Dracunculus is so nearly allied to C. 

 Lyra, that it may perhaps be doubted whether it 

 may not be in reality the same animal in a less 

 advanced state f." Mr Donovan, however, in his 

 elegant, and generally accurate work, on British 

 Fishes, considers them as 6i certainly distinct J.'* 

 Professor Gmelin seems to have been the first 

 to suspect that the difference might depend- 

 on the sex of the animal ; and, in adopting 

 from Pennant the Callionymus Dracunculus in- 



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* " Elements of Natural History,'' vol. ii. p. 325. 



f " General Zoology," vol. iv. part i, p. 117. 



t " Natural History of British Fishes," vol. iv. plat? 

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