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dorsal with 3 or 4 rows of oblong dark spots ; anal with a blackish band 

 on its outer halt', which is continued on the lower part of the caudal ; 

 caudal with several vertical series of oblong dark spots. 



Length, to base of caudal, 56 mm. 



Twelve specimens from the Persian Gulf, from the Mekran Coast 

 and from Muscat. 



Callionymus Maugaket^ (PI. Ill, fig. 3). 



Depth of body 8 times in the length (without caudal), length of head 

 3-3^ times, breadth of head 4 times. Diameter of eye 2| times in the 

 length of head ; eyes contiguous; gill — opening small, superior; prteoper- 

 cular spine straight, with serrated inner edge and a forwardly directed 

 spinous process at its base. Lateral line single. Dorsal IV, 9 ; the 

 anterior fin, in the male, with the first ray produced into a filament ; 

 second dorsal with the rays equal, the last reaching the base of caudal 

 when laid back. Anal 8, the posterior rays the longest. Ventral ex- 

 tending beyond origin of anal. Caudal, in the male, elongate, as long 

 as the fish. Body with dark spots and markings ; a blackish oblong 

 or triangular patch on the throat (in the male) ; anterior dorsal blackish, 

 with white bars anteriorly and white spots posteriorly ; second dorsal 

 with 3 or 4 rows of oblong dark spots ; anal with a blackish marginal 

 band, which is continued on the lower part of the caudal ; caudal with 

 vortical series of oblong dark spots. 



Length, to base of caudal, 47 mm. 



Two specimens (males) from Muscat, 15-30 fathoms. 



Very similar to C. persicus, but with a larger eye and without the 

 elevated anterior dorsal and the striped throat of the males of that species. 

 Callionymus muscatensis (PI. Ill, fig. 2). 



Depth of body 7 times in the length (without caudal), length of bead 

 (to gill — opening) 3| times. Eyes contiguous, their diameter ^ the 

 length of head ; gill — opening in front of the upper edge of the base of 

 pectoral ; prseopercular spine straight, with both outer and inner 

 edges denticulated, the inner edge with 5 teeth, the outer with 3 or 4, 

 the anterior of which is directed forwards. Dorsal IV, 8 ; the anterior 

 fin elevated and its rays produced in the male ; caudal, in the male, 

 elongate, nearly § the length of the fish. Anal 8, the last ray elongate in 

 the male. Greyish, with darker markings; caudal with dark cross-bars or 

 series of spots; anal with a dark margin; dorsal fins, in the male, black- 



