Dragonet
a genus of spiny-rayed bony fishes near the Goby, remarkable for having the gill openings reduced to and the ventral fins placed under the a small hole on each side of the nape, throat, separate , and larger than the pectorals. widely distributed in the temperate seas pectorals. The species are numerous, of the Old World, and generally finely widely dis distributed in the temperate seas colored. The gemmeous dragonet (C. coasts-called gowdie ( gowd, "gold") in Scotland-is a fish about 10 or 12 inches long, and of a precolor varied with spots of brown. brown. At the reproductive season the adorned This fish is also called skulpin or sculpin with blue and violet spots and stripes. -a name given in the United States to a marine bullhead or cottus.