by C. Tate Regan. 201 
Family CALLIONYMIDA. 
Callionymus marleyi, sp. nov. 
Length of head, to gill-opening, 34 to 4 in length of fish. Eyes 
narrowly separated; diameter 3} to 4 in length of head. Mouth 
small; premaxillary band of teeth with lateral horns diverging 
slightly backwards and nearly equal in length to the transverse 
anterior portion of the band. Preopercular spine straight, with 
curved tip, with 3 to 5 tooth-like processes on inner edge and with an 
antrorse process at base externally. Gill-openings small, superior. 
Lateral line single. Dorsal IV, 9; male with spinous dorsal rather 
elevated, with the tips of the spines only slightly projecting beyond 
the membrane, and the first and last spines longest, a little shorter 
than head; female with first and second spines longest, } length of 
head, last ray of soft dorsal produced, but not reaching caudal. Anal 
9. Caudal not longer than head. Head and body with scattered 
Trext-Fic. 4. 
CALLIONYMUS MARLEYI. 
dark dots and pale spots enclosed in dark rings; a lateral series of 
dark spots; spinous dorsal, in male, with linear markings, in female 
blackish ; soft dorsal with longitudinal lines or series of small spots ; 
caudal spotted. 
Previously, I identified a female of this species, 85 mm. long, as 
Callionymus coopert, Regan.* Examination of a male of 95 mm. 
* Annals Durban Museum, Vol, II, pt. 2, p. 77. 
