210 REPORT— 1845. 



Philypnus sinensis, Lacepede (Le bostryche chinois), iii. p. 141. pi. 2. 

 Gobius sinensis, C et V. xii. p. 94. Philypnus ocellicauda, Richardson, 

 Zool. Sulpb. pp. 59 & 149. pi. 56. f. 15, 16 ; Icon. Reeves, /3. 8 ; Hardw. 

 Acanth. Chinese name, Neaou yu, " Bird-fish" (Birch); Oo yu, '-'Black 

 fish" (Reeves) ; Ow yu (Bridgem. Chrest. 7). 



In the 'Zoology of the Voyage of the Sulphur' I have described and figured a Chinese spe- 

 cimen of this fish, which was presented to the British Museum by John Reeves, Esq., but I 

 was not then aware that it had been previously named by Lacepede, who had merely seen a 

 Chinese drawing of it. His designation is here restored in right of its priority. 



Hab. Canton. 



Tribus Percina. 

 Fam. Callionymidje. 

 Callionymus reevesii, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 60. pi. 36 ; 

 Icon. Reeves, 1 80 ; Hardw. Acanth. 



Bad. D.4-9; A, 8 ; C.ll; P. 19; V. 1|5. (Male.) 



D.4-9; A. 9; CIO; P. 19; V. 1|5. (Females.) 

 Since I described a male of this species in the work above quoted, I have examined two 

 examples brought from Macao by the Rev. George Vachell, which I consider to be females, 

 and to justify my quotation of Mr. Reeves's figure as appertaining to this species. The latter 

 drawing is a good representation of these specimens, except that it shows but a small portion 

 of the black mark between the third and fourth rays of the comparatively low first dorsal, the 

 fin-membrane of the individual placed before the Chinese artist having evidently been torn. 

 Neither of the specimens has an anal tubercle : both of them have three recurved teeth on the 

 upper side of the longpreopercular spine, and one of them has moreover a strong basal tooth 

 beneath pointing forwards, while the other has merely a slight indication of an under-tooth 

 near the middle of the spine. 

 Hab. Hong Kong. Macao. 



Callionymus japontcus, Houttuyn, Stockholm Trans. 1790. p. 107 ; Bl. 

 Schn. p. 40. " Bad. D. 4|-10 ; A. 9 ; C. 10 ; P. 19 ; V. 5," he. cit. 



" C. capitis spina simplici postice interius serratd, margi?ie orbitarum elevato acuto, pinna dor- 

 sali prima brevissimd, occllo nigro notatd, pinnis nigro maculatis, caudali valde elongatd.^ 

 (Schn.) I strongly suspect that Houttuyn's fish is identical with that which I have considered 

 to be the female of C. reevesii, though the caudal fin is longer than in Mr. Vachell's specimens, 

 and shorter than that of the male figured in the ' Ichthyology of the Voyage of the Sulphur.' 



Hab. Japan. 



Callionymus punctatus, Langsdorff, Mus. Berol. C. japonicus, C. et V. 

 xii. p. 299. 



M. Valenciennes considers a Japanese Callionymus, deposited by M. Langsdorff in the 

 museum of the University of Berlin, to be specifically the same with the C. japonicus of 

 Houttuyn noticed above, but as he states that M. Langsdorff's fish has a curved preopercular 

 spine, with three spreading upper spinous teeth turned forwards (en patie d'oie), this can 

 scarcely be reconciled with the description of the spine of japonicus. C. punctatus has a small 

 tooth on the hinder part of the orbit which does not exist in C. reevesii. 



Hab. Japtm 



Callionymus hindsii, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 64. pi. 37. 

 f. 3, 4. 



A Macao specimen of this fish was presented to the Cambridge Philosophical Institution by 

 the Rev. George Vachell. It does not possess the post- orbital tooth of punctatus. 

 Hab. Pacific ocean (Sir E. Belcher). China seas. Canton (Vachell). 



Hopliciithys langSdorfii, C et V. iv. p. 265. t. 81. 



Schlegel states, in the ' Fauna Japonica,' that the anatomy of this fish shows its real affinities 

 to be with Callionymus. In the text of the ' Ilistoire des Poissons,' the initial //. of the generic 

 name has been inadvertently omitted, but the word is correctly printed " Hoplichlhys" in the 

 table of contents at the beginning of the volume. 



Hab. Japan. 



