SOS FISHES. ACANTHOPT. Callionymus. 
Mustela vivipara, Sihh. Scot, 25. Will. Ich. 122 Blennius viviparus, 
Linn., Syst. i. 43. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 211. Don. Brit. Fishes, 
t. xxxiv. — >S', Eelpout, GuiFer, Greenbone.— Common under stones. 
Length 12 to 15 inches. Body, above, yellowish-brown, marbled with 
darker spots and streaks ; beneath, yellow. Upper jaw longest. D. 92, 
P. 48, V. 2, A. 68, C. 48. This species has been long known as an ovovivi- 
parous fish — ^When boiled, the back-bone is green. 
Gen. lx I. CALLIONYMUS. Dragonet. — Head depres- 
sed ; eyes approximated above. 
126. C. Lyra. Gemmeous Dragonet. — The first ray of the 
dorsal fin reaching to the tail. 
Lyra, Merr. Pin. 186 — Dracunculus marina, Bor. Corn. 270 — Cal. Lyra 
Linn. Syst. i. 433. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 164. Don. Brit. Fishes, 
t. ix.— Yellow Gurnard, Rotchet, I Heck; A, Chanticleer, Gowdie. 
— Not uncommon. 
Length 12 inches. Body, splendidly adorned with blue, yellow and white ; 
rounded, smooth. Gill-covers spinous. Mouth wide. The last rays of the 
dorsal and anal fins longest. 1. D. 4, 2. D. 9, P. 20, V. 5, A. 9, C. 10.— Mr 
Neill (Wern. Mem. i. 529) having observed this fish invariably a male, was 
led to conclude, that the Sordid Dragonet, C. Dracunculus (WiU. Ich. 136.) 
was the female, an opinion probably correct, since the latter differs only in 
the first ray of the dorsal fin being shorter, the body smaller, and the colours 
less brilliant. 
Gen. LXII. ANARHICHAS. Wolf-fish.— M outh armed 
with conical incisors, and flat grinders. 
^ 127. A. Lupus. — Body, above, greyish, beneath, yellowish, 
with irregular waved transverse bands of a darker colour. 
liupus marinus, Sihb. Scot. 25. Will. Ich. 130 — A. L. Linn. Syst. i. 
430. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 151.— A, Cat-fish.— Frequent in the Ger- 
man Ocean. 
Length from 2 to 3 feet. Head depressed ; body compressed, smooth. 
The dorsal fin extends the whole length of the back, 73-ray ed. P, 18, A. 46, 
C. 16, rounded — This species feeds on Univalve,, molluscous 2 inA crustaceous 
animals, and it constitutes excellent food, when boiled. 
Gen. LXIII. CRENILABRUS. Wrasse.— T he distal free 
margin of the preopercule denticulated. 
■'- 128. C. Tinea. Common Wrasse. — Back nearly straight, 
descending gradually to the mouth. 
Tuvdus vuigatissimus. Will. Ich. 319. — Goldsinny, Jago, Ray., Pise. 163, 
— Labrus Tinea, Linn. Syst. i. 477 — ^Ancient Wrasse and Goldsinny, 
Penn. Brit. iii. 244, 251. — Goldsinny, Don. Brit. Fishes, t. Ixxii — E' 
Old Wife ; S., Brassy — English and Scotch coast. 
I^ength about a foot. Body very variable in its colouring, more or less 
red, variegated with blue and yeUow. Mouth ascending ; front teeth conical, 
lengthened, incurvated. D. y, P. 14, V. i, A. C. 18. The last rays of 
