. Annals of the Durban Museum. Natural history; Zoology; Natural history. hy C. Tate Regan. 201 Family CALLIONYMID^. Callionymus niarleyi, sp. nov. Length of head, to gill-opening, 3i to 4 in length of fish. Eyes narrowly separated ; diameter 3^ to 4 in length of head. Mouth small; praemaxillary band of teeth with lateral horns diverging slightly backwards and nearly equal in length to the transverse anterior portion of the band. Prseopercular 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, su
. Annals of the Durban Museum. Natural history; Zoology; Natural history. hy C. Tate Regan. 201 Family CALLIONYMID^. Callionymus niarleyi, sp. nov. Length of head, to gill-opening, 3i to 4 in length of fish. Eyes narrowly separated ; diameter 3^ to 4 in length of head. Mouth small; praemaxillary band of teeth with lateral horns diverging slightly backwards and nearly equal in length to the transverse anterior portion of the band. Prseopercular 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 Text-fig. 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 cooperi, Regan.* Examination of a male of 95 mm. * Annals Durban Mvxseum, Vol. II, pt. 2, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Durban Museum. Durban, Natal, Durban Museum
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