PLATE LXXXIV. 
Tlie length of this fish is from five to six or eight inches, which 
last it rarely exceeds: the body is somewhat pellucid, varied with 
livid brown, and. yellowish, and marbled with white. Tlie first 
dorsal fin is remarkable for having the anterior part white, and the 
rest black. All the otlier fins are singularly pellucid, whitish, 
and have the rays marked with a few brownish dots. The head is 
broad, pointed, slightly convex above, and flattish beneath ; the eyes 
prominent, and the upper jaw advanced beyond the lower one. 
This species is of the marine tribe of fishes. It is found chiefly in 
the South of Europe. Miiiler includes it among the Danish fishes, 
and Duhamcl as an inhabitant of the coasts of Normandy. Mr. 
Pennant received it from Mr. Travis, who, as we understand, met 
with it on the coast of Scarborough. We have observed it on the 
^ sandy shallows of the sea, on the coast of Wales. The French 
fishermen conceive this to be the female of the Gemmous Dragonet, 
Callionymus Lyra ; they bear a remote resemblance to each other/ 
but are, we think, certainly distinct. 
The first dorsal fin in our specimen contains four rays, the second 
tfen ; the pectoral fin sixteen : the ventral fin is subdivided into lobes, 
and contain in each, five principal ribs, from which arise a number 
of lateral rays, as in the ventral fins of the Gemmous Dragonet. 
The anal fin contains ten rays, the posterior one of which is furcated 
like the posterior ray in the second dorsal fin ; and the tail contains 
eight rays, all which, except the exterior one on each side, are 
ramose. 
