24: y\r. C. T. Eegan on Fishes fi'om 



(lianictcr of wliich is equal to or a little less tliau its tlistauce 

 from the gill-opening;. Intcrorbital space slifi;litly concave, 

 its width ^^ the diameter of eye or less. Head covered with 

 smooth skin ; maxillary not extending to below the eye ; 

 gill-opening small, superior ; prgeopercular spine rather short 

 and stout, ^ the diameter of eye or less, with 3 (rarely 2) 

 recurved sjiines at the tip and with a small forwardly directed 

 spine at the base, A single lateral line. Dorsal IV, 9. 

 Anal 9. (In one specinien D. lY, 10; A. 10.) Males with 

 the dorsal spines produced into filaments ; the second the 

 longest, a little longer than the first and about equal to the 

 distance from tip of snout to gill-opening. Females with 

 none of the dorsal spines produced ; the first and second 

 subequal, about | of the distance from tip of snout to gill- 

 opening. Soft dorsal with the 2 or 3 anterior rays longer than 

 the 4 or 5 succeeding ones, about }j the distance from tip o^ 

 snout to gill-opening ; last ray longer, extending to the base of 

 caudal (females) or beyond (males). Caudal fin ^^ the length 

 of the fish (without caudal) or less. Brownish ; upper part 

 of head and body covered with small dark rings enclosing 

 lighter areas ; sometimes 3 or 4 dark cross-bars on the back ; 

 usually 3 or 4 blackish spots along the middle of the side. 

 Spinous dorsal, in the male, dark greyish, with small light 

 spots with darker centres and a small blackish spot on the 

 margin of the membrane between the third and fourth spines; 

 in the female, ]-)ale in front of the third S])ine, black behind 

 it. Soft dorsal greyish with several series of oval light 

 spots with darker centres, which are smaller and better 

 defined above, and with 1 or 2 series of small blackish 

 spots. Caudal with numerous round or oval black spots 

 intermixed with light ones. Anal pale. Pectoral pale, 

 obscurely Sj)Otted in its upper part. Ventral usually with a 

 blackish bar near its outer margin in the male, but not in the 

 female. 



Four males and three females, 98-174 mm. in total 

 length. 



22. CalUonymus haiatus, Schleg. 



The species figured by Messrs. Jordan and Snyder under 

 this name is certainly not Schlegel^s species, but appears to 

 be the CaUionyvins inframundus of Grill. There are con- 

 siderable discrepancies between Messrs. Jordan and Snyder's 

 description and their figure, and it is possible that the former 

 may be in part based on specimens of G. lunatus. The male 

 specimen described and iigured by Sclilcgel has the first 

 dorsal spine produced into u long filament, reaching beyond 



