144 fiOBIID^E. 



2, Callionymus maculatus. 



Dracunculus, Rondel, x. cap. 12. p. 304; Aldror. ii. cap. 51. p. 262; 



Willughby, p. 13G. tab. H. 6. fi^. 3 ; Ray, p. 79. 

 Qottus, sp. 5, Arfcdi, Genera, p. 49, and 8p. 4. Synon. p. 77. 

 Callionymue maculatus, (Rajln.) 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; Nilss. 



Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 216. 



lyra, Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, p. 11.3, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 262. 



dracimculu.s, Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 17 ; Nardo, Prodr. Adr, 



Ichth. sp. 46. 

 cithara, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 280. 



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



Praeopercular spine much shorter than the eye, tapering behind 

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

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

 wards. Pearl-coloured spots on the side of the body. 



Adxdt 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. 



Or-b. 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 ; Aldrov. ii. cap. 51. 



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



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



p. 79. 

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

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



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

 festivus, Pall. Zoogr. Ross. iii. p. 14G; Fichiv. Zool. Si)ec. iii. 



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



(not Bonap.). 

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



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



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



lacerta, Cuv. Regne A7mn. ; Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 286 ; Guichen. 



Explor, Alger. Poiss. p. 79. 



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



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

 vated. 



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

 series of silvery vertical stripes, darker-edged, along the side of the 

 body. 



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

 edged with darker ; anal with the margin black. 



Mediterranean. 



