304 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEBYGII. 



four rows of spots along the second dorsal ; caudal banded in spots. 

 Anal with a black white-edged band externally. Ventrals greyish. 

 Hob. East coast of Africa, Andamans, Malay Archipelago, China 

 and beyond; attaining at least 13 inches in length. 



1110. (2.) Callionymus sagitta. 



Callionymus sagitta, Pall. Spic. viii, p. 29, t. 4, figs. 4, 5 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 322, pi. Ixviii, fig. 5 (female) (see synon.). 



B. v. D. 4 | 9. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 9. C. 12. 



Length of head 3% to 3, of caudal fin 5, height of body 9 in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 5 to 7 in length of head, 1 diam. 

 from end of snout, close together above. Head large, broad, and 

 strongly depressed ; occiput rugose. The maxilla scarcely reaches 

 to below front edge of eye. Preopercular spine stout, as long as 

 the eye, and armed with four or five large curved teetk directed 

 inwards and slightly upwards, another at the base is directed for- 

 wards ; the females have fewer teeth. Gill-openings small, on 

 upper surface of head. Fins first dorsal with its anterior rays 

 elongate in the male, half as long as the body, in the female rather 

 low. Lateral line single. Colour head and cheeks covered with 

 small white- edged black dots ; back greyish, covered with small 

 ocellated spots ; sometimes six or eight black blotches along middle 

 of sides, abdomen whitish. Dorsal fins light grey, covered with 

 ocelli, the first with a wide black edge in the female. Pectoral 

 and Central both spotted. Caudal with some black spots and 

 whitish ocelli. Anal white in the male, with a black outer border. 



Nab. Seas of India and Mauritius ; attaining at least 4 inches 

 in length. 



1111. (3.) Callionymus fluviatilis. 

 Callionymus fluviatilis, Day, Fish. India, p. 322. 



B. v. D. 4 | 10. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 9. C. 11. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 7 in the 

 total length. Ayes diameter 4 in length of head, 1 diam. from 

 end of snout, and | apart ; the interorbital space rather concave. 

 Head depressed ; occiput rugose. Maxilla reaching to below first 

 third of eye ; lower jaw very narrow at apex. Preopercular spine 

 strong, as long as orbit, armed internallv with two or three curved 

 teeth and one more pointing forward at its base. Gill-openings 

 small, on upper surface of head. Fins both dorsals low and of 

 about equal height. Lateral linesingle. Colour greyish, upper 

 portion of body grey ocellated with white, some brown spots along 

 the upper side of the lateral line. First dorsal black, or only 

 spotted, second with four or five rows of spots. Upper half of 

 caudal spotted. Anal colourless. 



Hob. Hooghly at Calcutta ; growing to 3 inches in length. 



