20. CALLIONYMtrS. 145 



4. Callionymus belenus. 



Belennus, Rondel. Pise. i. lib. vii. cap. 9. p. 214 ; Gesner, Aqiiat. ix. 



p. 125. 

 Callionymus belenus, Rlsso,Eu): 3ferid. iii. p. 263; Bonnp. Faun. Ital. 



Peso. c. fig. male and fem. ; Cuv. S^ Val. xii. p. 294. 

 elegans, Lesiteur, N'our. Bull. Sc. Soc. Philom. 1814, p. . pi. 1. 



fig. 17. _ 

 rissoi, Lesueur, Nouv. Bull. Sc, Soc. Philom. p. 76. tab. 16 ; Cuv. 



&f Val. xii. p. 293. 



lyra, Nardo, Prodr. Adr. Ichth. sp. 45. 



sueuiii, Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 291. 



D. 3 I 8. A. 8. C. 10. 



The spine of the prfeoperciilum is slender, tricuspid ; the anterior 

 dorsal small, much lower than the posterior. Greenish; anterior 

 dorsal black superiorly. 



Male with the last dorsal ray produced. 



Mediterranean. 



5. Callionymus curvicomis. 



Callionymus ciirviconiis. Cur. Sf Val. xii. p. 298. 



japonicus, Cui\ i^- Val. xii. p. 299 (not Houtt). 



Vfuenciennesii, Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. l53. pi. 78. fig. 3 ; 



Bleek. Verhand. Baiav. Cu-nootach. xxv., Japan, p. 45. 

 ? Callionymus reevesii, frni., Blehnrds. Voy. Sulph. Fishes, 'p.60. pi. 36. 



fig. 4, and Ichthyol. Chin. p. 210. 

 Callionymus punctatus, {Langsd.) Richards. Ichthyol. CItin. p. 210. 

 ? CaUionjanus richardsonii, Bleek. Japan, p. 414, and Verhand. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxvi., Japan, p. 111. 



D. 4 I 9. A. 8-9. C. 11. 



Praeopercular spine nearly as long as the orbit, cylindrical, curved 

 upwards, terminating in foiu- hook-Uke processes, one of which is 

 directed backwards ; a fifth at the base of the spine, pointing for- 

 wards. Head of moderate size, its length being contained three 

 times and a fourth in the total (without caudal). 



Adult male. — Dorsal fins elevated, the anterior with blackish spots; 

 caudal elongate. 



Female. — Dorsal fins not elevated, the anterior dorsal with a large 

 black, white-edged spot posteriorly ; caudal of moderate length. 



Bourbon. Coasts of China and Japan. 



a-e, f-g, h. Adult and half-grown. China. 

 i-l. Adult : dried. From Chinese insect-boxes, 

 m. Half-grown, From the Haslar Collection. 



6. Callionymus huguenii. 

 Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. v., Japan, v. p. 7. tab. 2. fig. 1. 

 D. 4 1 10. A. 10. C. 12. 

 Praeopercular spine not longer than the eye, terminating in three 

 large curved processes ; a fourth at the base of the spine, pointing 



