THE DRAGONEf. 
t)lVlsioN II . — Jugular Fijlees. 
Genus XXL— e fbe Dragonet. * 
There are three kinds of the dragonet enumerated in 
the fyltem of nature, the lyra or gemmeous, the dracun* 
cuius or fordid, and the Indian : They are all deftitute of 
fcales ; and are of a fmooth, uniform body, attenuated to- 
wards the tail. The mouth is very fmall, thickly fet with 
teeth, upon the jaws, tongue and palate f. The eyes are 
prominent, fomewhat large, placed vertically, and near 
to each other ; hence the name of ouratiofcopi , which 
tbefe animals have obtained from the old naturalifts %• 
The upper lip is in this genus double ; and it is alfo dif- 
tinguifhed by a three forked fpine, riling from each of the 
epercula of the gills, and lying backwards along the 
head. 
The gemmeous dragonet, is found as far north as Is hr* 
ivay and Spitsbergen,- and fouth as far as tire Me diterra' 
tiean: it is not unfrequcntly upon the Scarborough coal* 5 ’ 
■where it is taken by the hook in thirty or forty fathoms w»' 
ter. It grows to the length of ten or twelve inches, and 13 
* Callionymus Lyra, Lin. Syft. Yellow Gurnard, Phil. Tranf. No* 
-j. Gwn, Hi ft. Life. m. 1 V’de Gronor. Zooph. No. *° 6 ' 
