144 GOBIID^. 



2. Callionymus maculatus. 



Dracunciilus, Rondel, x. cap. 12. p. 304 ; Aldroi\ ii. cap. 51. p. 262 ; 



WilhKjhhi/, p. 136. tab. H. 6. fig. 3 ; Ray, p. 79. 

 Cottus, sp. 5, Artedi, Genera, p. 49, and sp. 4. Synon. p. 77. 

 Callionyiuus maculatus, (Rajin.) Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesci, fig. 2 male, 



fig. 3 fem. ; Schagerstr. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1833, p. 133 ; Fries, ibid. 



1837, p. 48; Fries och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 102. pi. 24 j Niks. 



Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 216. 



lyra, Risso, IcJdhyol. Nice, p. 113, and Eur, Merid. iii. p. 262. 



dracunculiis, Brihin. Pise. Mass. p. 17 ; Nardo, Prodr. Adr. 



Ichfh. vsp. 46. 

 cithara, Cuv. Regne Atiini. ; Cnv. Sf Val. xii. p. 280. 



D. 4 I 9. A. 8-9. C. 10. 



Prajopercular spine much shorter than the eye, tapering behind 

 and terminating in three small processes, two of which are directed 

 ujiwards ; a fourth small one at the base of the spine, pointing for- 

 wards. Pearl- eoloiu'ed spots on the side of the body. 



A(hdt male. — Dorsal fins very elevated, with dark ocelli between 

 the rays. 



Female. — Dorsal fins not elevated, with dark dots. 



Mediterranean. Occasionally on the coast of Scandinavia. 



(7-6. Adult males. Adriatic. 



c. Adult males. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



d. Female. South Europe. Presented by R. B. "Webb, Esq. 



3. Callionymus festivus. 



Dracunculus, Rondel, i. lib. x. cap. 12. p. 304 ; Ahlror. ii. cap. 51. 



p. 262; Jonst. Pise. i. p. 61. tab. 21. fig. 4; Gesner, Aquat. iv. p. 50; 



WiUughby, Ichthyol. iv. cap. 25. p. 136. tab. H. 6. fig. 3 ; Ray, Syn. 



p. 79. 

 CottiLs, sp., Artedi, Syn. p. 77. no. 4, and Genera, p. 49. no. 5. 

 Callionymus dracimculus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 104 ; Bonap. Faun, 



Ital. Pesc. c. fig. male and female (not atict.). 

 festivus, Pall. Zoogr. Ross. iii. p. 146 ; Eichw. Zool. Spec. iii. 



p. 78; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 443. pi. 13. figs. 1-3; 



(not Bonap.). 

 pusillus, De la Roche, Ann. Mus. xiii. p. 330. pi. 25. fig. 16 ; 



Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 264 (fem.). 



admirabUis, Risso, I. c. pi. 6. fig. 11. 



lacerta, Cmc. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. <5' Val. xii. p. 286 ; Guichen. 



Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 79. 



D. 4 I 7. A. 9. C. 10. 



The prajopercular spine is tricuspid ; the anterior dorsal not ele- 

 vated. 



Male. — Posterior dorsal veiy elevated, caudal much produced ; a 

 series of silveiy vertical stripcNS, darker-edged, along the side of the 

 body. 



Female. — None of the fins produced ; silvery dots on the sides, 

 edged with darker ; anal vAih. the margin black. 



Mediterranean. 



