146 GOBIIDJE. 



forwards. The length of the head is contained three times and one- 

 third in the total (the caudal fin not included). Tlie first dorsal fin 

 with filifonn spines, the first being the longest ; the soft dorsal not 

 much higher than the body ; caudal fin ^^ointed, as long as the head. 

 Greenish, clouded with darker and dotted with white ; head with blue 

 oceUi ; the anterior dorsal immaculate, the posterior with brownish 

 dots ; anal ^vith a blackish margin ; caudal rays with brown spots 

 disposed in five or six transverse series. 

 Sea of Nagasaki. 



Described by Dr. v. Bleeker from a single specimen, which appears 

 to be a male. 



7. Callionymus limatus. 

 Scldeg. Fmtn. Japan. Poiss. p. 155. pi. 78. fig. 4. 



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



Prffiopercular spine ? The first dorsal spine produced into a long 

 filament ; a crescent-shaped black spot on the margin of the mem- 

 brane behind the fourth dorsal spine. (ScMeg.) 



Japan. 



8. Callionymus hindsii. 

 Richards. Voij. SnJph. Fishes, p. 64. pi. .37. figs. 3, 4. 



D. 3 I 9. A. 9. C. 12. 



Proeopercular spine short, half as long as the eye, terminating in 

 three small hook-like processes, two of which are directed up- 

 wards ; a fourth at the base of the spine. Head veiy depressed. 

 The anterior dorsal fin is elevated, with alternate milk-white and 

 black cross-bars. 



Pacific. 



a-b, c, d. Three to four inches long : bad state. Pacific. Pre- 

 sented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. — Types of the species. 



9. Callionymus sagitta. 



Callionjanus sagitta, Pall. Spiciler/. viii. p. 29. tab. 4. figs. 4, 5 ; C>w. 



&■ Vol. xii. p. 301 ; Bleek. Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind, i. 1850, 



p. 31. 

 serrato-spinosus, Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. (fern.). 



D. 4 I 9-10. A. 9. C. 11. 



Prseopercular spine stout, depressed, nearly as long as the diameter 

 of the ej-e, with four hook-like teeth, directed inwards ; a fifth at 

 the base of the spine, pointing foi-wards. Head large, very depressed, 

 its length being contained twice and two-thirds in the total (without 

 caudal fin). The anterior dorsal fin short and low. Brownish, with 

 numerous darker oceUi ; anterior dorsal blackish. 



Bom'bon. East Indies. 



a. Half-grown. Bay of Bengal. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 b-d. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq., M.D. 

 e-g. Half-grown. East Indies. Presented by G. R.Waterhouse, Esq. 



