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with five large hooks above and an antrorse spine on its 

 outer base. Gill-openings exposed, on the upper surface, 

 and separated by a space which is much less than that 

 between the outer margins of the orbits ; they are a little 

 nearer the eyes than the bases of the pectorals and well 

 above the level of the latter. A broad band of villiform 

 teeth in each jaw; palate toothless. 



Body greatly depressed, the caudal peduncle much 

 broader than deep at the middle of its length. Lateral 

 line curving downward to above the middle of the 

 pectoral, and then rising slightly and extending back- 

 ward above the middle of the sides. No anal papilla. 



First dorsal spine inserted above the base of the 

 upper pectoral ray; it is short, subequal in length to the 

 second, and not nearly reaching the second dorsal when 

 adpressed. Anterior ray much longer than the spine but 

 shorter than the last, which does not reach backward to 

 the hypural joint ; all the rays are simple except the last, 

 which is divided to its base, and each branch is bifurcated. 

 Anal of similar form to the dorsal but lower and com- 

 mencing and terminating well behind it. Upper margin 

 of pectoral excised, the median rays longest and reach- 

 ing beyond the vertical of the second anal ray. Ventral 

 rays coarsely branched; the fifth longest and reaching 

 backward to the vent; a broad membrane between its 

 anterior half and the base of the pectoral fin. Caudal 

 fin rounded ; all but the upper and lower rays bifurcate. 



Colour-marking. Upper surface closely covered with 

 brown markings which coalesce to enclose many light 

 irregularly shaped spots; on the head these markings 

 tend to form small darker spots. First dorsal black, 

 lighter at the base anteriorly. Rays of the second dorsal 

 with numerous brown spots and there are some indefinite 

 markings on the membrane between them. Anal almost 

 colourless. Caudal and ventrals with irregular brown 

 spots, and some paler ones are present on the upper half 

 of the pectoral. 



Described and figured from a specimen 125 mm. long, 

 which is apparently a female. 



This is preserved in the collection of the Queensland 

 Museum, and I am indebted to the Director, Mr. H. A. 

 Longman, for the loan of it to redescribe and figure here. 

 It is entered in the register as "1.2473. Callionymus, 



