239: CALLIONYMIDAE (DRAGONETS)
239.3 239.3 Callionymus marleyi: 8 em female (Durban); left: 1 Sl D of male.
239.4 Dip/ogrammus infu/atus: top: 9 em male holotype; bottom: 8 em female paratype; inset: preopercular spine (Inhaea Id.).
239.3 Callionymus marleyi
Regan, 1919
PLATE 121
Sand dragonet
Sand-drakie
Callionymus marleyi Regan , 1919: 201, Fig. 4 (Durban); Smith , SFSA
No. 390*; 1963: 554*; Day, 1974: 95. Callionymus cooperi (non Regan
1908): Regan, 1918: 77.
D IV+9; A 8; P 17-19. LL with 2 ventral branches in postorbital region;
lines of opposite sides connected across occiput. Head 3.0-3.2.
Colour variable, yellow to dark brown. First D in males
light grey with dark lines; 1st and 4th spines longest. In
females 1st D black, 1st spine longest, 4th shortest. Attains
10 cm. From Cape eastward; quite abundant in Delagoa
Bay; most areas of western Indian Ocean to Persian Gulf
and southwestern India. Shallow sand bottoms to 20 m.
Genus Diplogrammus Gill, 1865
Five species; 1 in our area.
239.4 Diplogrammus infulatus
Smith,1963
PLATE 121
Sawspine dragonet
Saagstekel-drakie
Diplogrammus (Climacogrammus) infula/us Smith, 1963: 550, PI. 83,
Figs. E-I (Inhaca).
772
D IV +8; A 7 (D & A rays unbranched); P 18-19. LL with many short
dorsal and ventral branches; lines of opposite sides connected across
occiput and between eyes. Head 3.5-3.8. Preopercular spine often with 1
or 2 small antrorse spines at its base, an upcurved main point, and 5-9
curved points along dorsal margin.
Males with a filamentous 1st D spine. Males dorsally
golden, with silvery mottlings and darker spots, laterally
with dark blue spots. Females mostly buff. Males attain 12
cm (females smaller). Delagoa Bay northwards, most parts
of western Indian Ocean to Red Sea; tide pools with seaweeds and shallow waters down to 20 m.
Genus Draculo Snyder, 1911
Synonyms: Paganymus Gosline, 1959, Charibarbitus
Smith, 1963, and Clathrapus Smith, 1966. Five species, 1 in
our area. Dracula maugei (Smith, 1966) from Madagascar is
distinguishable by its 1st D with 4 spines.
Dainty dragonet
239.5 Draculo celetus
(Smith,1963)
Fyn-drakie
Charibarbitus celelus Smith, 1963: 562 , Fig. 8 (Inhaca); Christensen,
1977: 145*; Smith, 1980: 176.
239.3 239.3 Callionymus marleyi: 8 em female (Durban); left: 1 Sl D of male.
239.4 Dip/ogrammus infu/atus: top: 9 em male holotype; bottom: 8 em female paratype; inset: preopercular spine (Inhaea Id.).
239.3 Callionymus marleyi
Regan, 1919
PLATE 121
Sand dragonet
Sand-drakie
Callionymus marleyi Regan , 1919: 201, Fig. 4 (Durban); Smith , SFSA
No. 390*; 1963: 554*; Day, 1974: 95. Callionymus cooperi (non Regan
1908): Regan, 1918: 77.
D IV+9; A 8; P 17-19. LL with 2 ventral branches in postorbital region;
lines of opposite sides connected across occiput. Head 3.0-3.2.
Colour variable, yellow to dark brown. First D in males
light grey with dark lines; 1st and 4th spines longest. In
females 1st D black, 1st spine longest, 4th shortest. Attains
10 cm. From Cape eastward; quite abundant in Delagoa
Bay; most areas of western Indian Ocean to Persian Gulf
and southwestern India. Shallow sand bottoms to 20 m.
Genus Diplogrammus Gill, 1865
Five species; 1 in our area.
239.4 Diplogrammus infulatus
Smith,1963
PLATE 121
Sawspine dragonet
Saagstekel-drakie
Diplogrammus (Climacogrammus) infula/us Smith, 1963: 550, PI. 83,
Figs. E-I (Inhaca).
772
D IV +8; A 7 (D & A rays unbranched); P 18-19. LL with many short
dorsal and ventral branches; lines of opposite sides connected across
occiput and between eyes. Head 3.5-3.8. Preopercular spine often with 1
or 2 small antrorse spines at its base, an upcurved main point, and 5-9
curved points along dorsal margin.
Males with a filamentous 1st D spine. Males dorsally
golden, with silvery mottlings and darker spots, laterally
with dark blue spots. Females mostly buff. Males attain 12
cm (females smaller). Delagoa Bay northwards, most parts
of western Indian Ocean to Red Sea; tide pools with seaweeds and shallow waters down to 20 m.
Genus Draculo Snyder, 1911
Synonyms: Paganymus Gosline, 1959, Charibarbitus
Smith, 1963, and Clathrapus Smith, 1966. Five species, 1 in
our area. Dracula maugei (Smith, 1966) from Madagascar is
distinguishable by its 1st D with 4 spines.
Dainty dragonet
239.5 Draculo celetus
(Smith,1963)
Fyn-drakie
Charibarbitus celelus Smith, 1963: 562 , Fig. 8 (Inhaca); Christensen,
1977: 145*; Smith, 1980: 176.