The Callionymidae of New Caledonia is revised. A total of 13 species are recorded from the archipelago: Callionymus brevianalis Fricke, 1983, C. corallinus Gilbert, 1905, C. enneactis Bleeker, 1879, C. gardineri rivatoni new subspecies, C. keeleyi Fowler, 1941, C. moretonensis Johnson, 1971, C. pleuroslictus Fricke, 1982, C. tethys new species, Synchiropus allivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845), S. novaecaledoniae new species, S. ocellatus (Pallas, 1770), S. rameus (McCulloch, 1926), S. splendidus (Herre, 1927). The new species are described and illustrated; a key to all New Caledonian species is given. |