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JAPANESE DRAGONET. 



Callionymus Japonicus. C. pinna dorsali priore ocetto nigm 

 picta, radio primo in pilos semipollicares terminato. Lin. Syst. 

 Nat. Gmel.p. 1155. Houttuyn act. HarU 20. p. 313. 



Dragonet with the first dorsal fin marked by a black ocellate 

 spot, the first ray terminating in two hairs. 



Native of the Japanese sea: head depressed: 

 eyes large, approximate : first dorsal fin with blaok 

 rays : second dorsal fin whitish : pectoral fins 

 rounded : ventral fins very large : tail four inches 

 long, forked, with unequal rays ; length of the fish 

 about nine inches and a half : body variegated, 

 smooth, and roundish, 



