FAMILY CALLIONYMIDAE — SCHULTZ 403 



99393; C.flagris Jordan and Fowler 1903, paratypes USNM 51384-5; 

 C. beniteguri Jordan and Snyder 1901, USNM 49402; C. japonicus 

 Houttuyn 1782 = C. longicaudatus Tenuninck and Schlegel 1845 = C. 

 reevesii Richardson 1844 = C. belcheri Bleeker 1879 = ? C lineathorox 

 Fowler 1943; C. doryssus Jordan and Fowler 1903; C. variegatus 

 Tenuninck and Schlegel 1845; C. valenciennesi Temminck and Schlegel 

 1845; C. calUste Jordan and Fowler 1903; C. virgis Jordan and Fowler 

 1903; C. cooperi Regan 1908; C. maldivensis Regan 1908; C. affinis 

 Regan 1908; C. gardineri Regan 1908; C. spiniceps Regan 1908; C. 

 belcheri Richardson 1844; C. hindsii Richardson 1844; C. calcaratus 

 Macleay 1881; C. limiceps Ogilby 1908; C. grossi Ogilby 1910; C. 

 macdonaldi Oglby 1911; C. astrinius Jordan and Jordan 1922; C. 

 zanectes Jordan and Jordan 1922; C. nasutus McCulloch 1926; C. 

 rameus McCulloch 1926; C. ocelligena McCulloch 1926; C. sokonumeri 

 Kamohara 1936; and there are several species not listed above that 

 probably belong in this genus. 



Calliurichthys xanthosemeion Fowler 1925, paratype USNM 109401, 

 from Guam has been examined and is believed to be a distinct species. 



In addition de Beaufort refers the following to Callionymus 

 C.filamentosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 1837 = C. longi Fowler 1941; 

 C. schaopii Bleeker 1879; C. annulatus Weber 1913; C. melanopterus 

 1850 = C. fluviatilis Day 1850; C. sagitta Pallas 1770; C. enneactis 

 Bleeker 1879; C. wilburni Herre 1935; C. kaianus Giinther 1880. He 

 also includes Amora tentaculata Herre, but I refer it to a distinct genus. 



Ochiai, Araga, and Nakajima (Publ. Seto Mar. Biol. Lab., vol. 5, 

 No. 1, pp. 96-132, figs. 1-18, 1955) refer the following species to the 

 genus Callionymus: japonicus Houttuyn = numeri Tanaka; doryssus 

 (Jordan and Fowler); variegatus Temminck and Schlegel; calliste 

 Jordan and Fowler; phasis Giinther; planus Ochiai, Araga, and 

 Nakajima; sokonumeri Kamohara; kaiamis Giinther; flagris Jordan 

 and Fowler; punctatus Langsdorff = richardsoni Bleeker; lunatus 

 Temminck and Schlegel; huguenii Bleeker; beniteguri Jordan and 

 Snyder = ornatipinnis Regan = kanekonis Tanaka; valenciennesi 

 Temminck and Schlegel; flagris Jordan and Fowler; lunatus Tem- 

 minck and Schlegel; virgis Jordan and Fowler; kitaharai Jordan 

 and Scale. 



The following key differentiates calliste and xanthosemeion: 



la. Eye diameter greater than length of snout, greatest depth of body in head 

 about 2.2 and 6)4 to 7 in standard length; cheek with 2 and opercle 

 with 1, vertically elongate black streaks or short lines set in a halo of 

 dark pigment C. calliste Jordan and Fowler 



16. Eye diameter less than length of snout; greatest depth of body 3.2 in head 

 and 9 times in standard length; midside with a series of brown spots and 

 no dark spots or streaks on cheek, vertically elongate. 



C. xanthosemeion (Fowler) 



