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"Dragonet is a genus of fishes remarkable for having the gill openings reduced to a small hole on each side of the nape, and the ventral fins placed under the throat, separate, and larger than the pectorals. The species are numerous, widely distributed in the temperate seas of the Old World, and generally finely colored."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Cemmeous Dragonet

"Dragonet is a genus of fishes remarkable for having the gill openings reduced to a small hole on each…

"Ten to fourteen inches long; it has a smotoh skin, brilliantly striped and spotted with blue on a yellow ground. It occasionally takes a bait, but it is more frequently caught in nets." — Goodrich, 1859

Gemmeous Dragonet

"Ten to fourteen inches long; it has a smotoh skin, brilliantly striped and spotted with blue on a yellow…