BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S, 627 



very small, palate smooth. A strong spine at the angle of the 

 praeoperculum. Two dorsal fins, the anterior with three or four 

 flexible spines ; ventrals five-rayed, widely apart from each 

 other. Gill-openings very narrow, generally reduced to a foramen 

 on the upper side of the operculum ; branchiostegals six ; air- 

 bladder none ; pseudobranchise ; a sKt behind the fourth gill. 



Fishes of nearly all seas, living on the bottom near the shore. 



540. Callionymtjs calauropomus, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 10, pi. 7, f. 4-5. — Gunth., 

 Cat. Fishes III., p. 147. 



D. 4/8. A. 7. C. 10. 



Branchial foramen large, immediately above the extremity of 

 the operculum ; piseopercular spine bifid and curved upwards at 

 the apex. Dorsal fins not elevated ; lateral line wavy ; the middle 

 rays of the caudal fin very elongate in the male. Bronze-coloured 

 (in spirits), clouded with darker, dorsal fins spotted, 



North-west Australia. Port Jackson. Port Phillip. 



541. Callionymtjs Papilio, Gunth. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1864, Vol. XIV., p. 197. 



Callipnymus ocellifer, Casteln., Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, II., p. 49. 



D. 4/7. A. 6. C. 11. 



Prseopercular spine considerably shorter than the head, bifid 

 at its extremitj^ both points directed upwards. The rays of the 

 vertical fins long, those of the second dorsal longer than those of 

 the first, and nearly equal in length to the middle caudal rays, 

 which are not quite half as long as the body ; the last anal ray 

 prolonged. The ventral fin extends beyond the origin of the 

 anal. Body light brownish marbled with darker ; the lower part 

 of the sides of the trunk and tail with numerous pearl-coloured 

 vertical lines ; belly pearl-coloured. Sides of the head with 

 numerous small white ocelli, edged with violet. Both dorsal fins 



