. Fishes. Fishes. 714 Suborder Jugulares inhabitant of the seas of Japan, and Anema monopterygium in New Zealand. Uranoscopus peruzzii, an extinct star-gazer, has been de- scribed from the Pliocene of Fig. 613.—A Star-gazer Ariscopus iburius Jordan & Snyder. Iburi, Japan. The Dragonets: Callionymidse.—Remotely allied to the Ura- noscopidcE is the interesting family of dragonets, or Callionymida. These are small scaleless fishes with fiat heads, the preopercle armed with a strong spine, the body bearing a general resem- blance to the smaller and smoother CottidcB. The gill-opening
. Fishes. Fishes. 714 Suborder Jugulares inhabitant of the seas of Japan, and Anema monopterygium in New Zealand. Uranoscopus peruzzii, an extinct star-gazer, has been de- scribed from the Pliocene of Fig. 613.—A Star-gazer Ariscopus iburius Jordan & Snyder. Iburi, Japan. The Dragonets: Callionymidse.—Remotely allied to the Ura- noscopidcE is the interesting family of dragonets, or Callionymida. These are small scaleless fishes with fiat heads, the preopercle armed with a strong spine, the body bearing a general resem- blance to the smaller and smoother CottidcB. The gill-openings are very small, the ventral fins wide apart. The colors are highly variegated, the fins are high, often filamentous, and the sexes differ much in coloration and in the development of the fins. The species are especially numerous on the shores of Japan, where Callionymus valenciennesi, Callionymus beniteguri, and Calliurichthys japonicus are food-fishes of some slight impor- tance. Others are found in the East Indies, and several large and handsome forms are taken in the Mediterranean. Calliony- mus draco, the dragonet, or "sculpin," reaches the coast of Eng- land. In America but three species have been taken. These are dredged in deep water in the East Indies. In other parts of the world these fantastic little creatures are shore-fishes, creeping about in the shallow bays. Species of Synchiropus, colored like the coral sands, abound in the Polynesian coral reefs. A fossil species of Callionymus {C. macrocephalus) are found in the Miocene of Croatia. The family of RhyacichthyidcE is a small group of Asiatic fishes allied to the Callionymida, but less elongate and differing in minor details. They are found not in the sea, but in mountain streams. Rhyacichthys (formerly called by the preoccupied name Platyptera) is the principal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - color
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