20. CALLIONTMUS. 14r> 



4. Callionymus belenus. 



Belennus, Rondel. Pise. i. lib. vii. cap. 9. p. 214 ; Gcsncr, Aquat. ix. 



p. 125. 

 Callionymus belenus, Risso,Eur. Merid. iii. p.2G3; Bonap. Faun.ItuL 



Pesc. c. fig. male and fern. ; Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 294. 

 elegans, Lesueur, Nouv, Bull, Sc. Soc. Plulom. 1814, p. . pi. 1, 



fig. \7. ^ 

 ris.soi, Lesueur, Nouv. Bull. Sc. Soc. Philom, p. 70. tab, 16 ; Cur. 



8f Val. xii. p. 293. 



lyi'a, Nardo, Prodr. Adr. IchtJi. sp. 45. 



sueurii, Cue. ^- Val. xii. p. 291. 



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



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

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

 dorsal black superiorly. 



Male with the last doi^sal ray produced. 



Mediterranean. 



5. Callion3nnus curviconlis 



Callionymus cui-vicornis, Cue. i^- Val. xii. p. 298. 



japonicus, Cuv. 4" Val. xii. p. 299 (not Houtt.). 



valenciennesii, ScJdeg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 153. pi. 78. fig. 3 ; 



Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., Japan, p. 45. 

 ? Callionymus reevesii, fem., Richards. Voij. Sulph. Pishes, p. GO. pi. 30. 



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

 Callionymus punctatus, (Lanffsd.) Richards. Ichthyol. Cliin. p. 210. 

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



Genootsch. xxvi., Japan, p. 111. 



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



Pra3opercular spine nearly as long as the orbit, cylindrical, curved 

 upwards, terminating in four hook-like 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 Icngtli. 



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. 



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



D. 4 I 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 

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