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East Indies, Philippines. Resembles Callionymus hudsoni and 

 Callionymus marisinensis but differs in having the preopercular spine 



1 + /^ times the eye, first three dorsal spines filamentous and pro- 

 longed, also the head striate behind eye. The species may be known 

 by the very conspicuous ocellated black blotch below and before the 

 pastoral origin. 



Fifteen examples: Buenavista, Guimaras Island. Seine. January 

 14, 1909. Length 54 to 88 mm. 



One example. Cebu. April 14, 1921. Lt. H. C. Kellers. Length 

 70 mm. 



Four examples. Iloilo market, Panay. March 28, 1908. Length 

 57 to 85 mm. 



CALLIONYMUS DISTETHOMMATUS, new species 



Figure 11 



Depth 7M; head 4, broad as long. Snout o% in head; eye 3%, in- 

 vades upper profile of head; maxillary reaches below front of eye, 

 length 3K in head; mouth cleft reaches two-thirds to eye, greatly 

 protractile down and forward; teeth fine, villiform, in narrow bands 

 in jaws; interorbital very narrow frenum, or bony ridge with median 

 fine longitudinal groove, separating two large close-set eyes. Pre- 

 opercle with moderate spine, ends in recurved denticle and followed 

 by two others along hind edge; small basal spine in front directed 

 forward. 



Lateral line high along upper side of body, simple, complete. 

 Parietal with very fine rugae. 



D. IV-8, 1, spines all prolonged in filaments so third 1% in fish with- 

 out caudal, first ray 1% in head; A. 7, i, first ray 2%; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 4; pectoral 1, rays 18; ventral rays I, 5, fin 2% in 

 fish without caudal; caudal 2%, cuneate. Anal papiUa conic, slender, 



2 in orbit. 



Color in alcohol, pale or light grayish above variegated with gray- 

 brown and brown, forming five transverse dark bars or blotches on 

 back. Snout pale above. Many small black to blackish-brown ocelli 

 scattered on sides of head and top of head and on fins, also two below 

 head at front of branchiostegal region. Iris gray and pearly. First 

 dorsal with large black ocellus on third membrane. Second dorsal 

 with some faint dark spots on rays. Anal blackish brown marginally. 

 Caudal pale to whitish, with large pearly ocellus basally and many 

 dark ocelli on lower and terminal part of fin. Pectoral largely whitish, 

 only very faint trace of gray spots. Ventral whitish, grayish 

 terminally and each ray with a few dark spots. 



Philippines. A very handsome and ornamental species, with very 

 definite color pattern. 



