CLASS PISCES. 241 



Eleotris, Gronov. 



Fishes, which, like the gobies, have flexible spines 

 in the first dorsal, and the post-anal appendages, but 

 whose ventrals are entirely distinct, the head obtuse 

 and slightly depressed, the eyes at a distance from 

 each other, and six rays in the branchial membrane. 

 Their lateral line is but slightly marked, and their 

 viscera are similar to those of the gobies. Most of 

 them inhabit fresh water, and frequently live in the 

 mud. 



E. dormitatrix, Cuv. Platycephalus dormitator , Bl., 

 Schn, (the Sleeper). Tolerably large, with a de- 

 pressed head, inflated cheeks, and fins spotted with 

 black. From the marshes of the Antilles \ 



They are also found in Senegal and in India 2 . 



A small species is taken on the coast of the Me- 

 diterranean, Gobius auratus, Risso, of a golden colour, 

 with a black spot on the base of the pectoral. It is 

 an Eleotris, and not a Goby. 



Callionymus, Lin. 

 Fishes of this genus have two strongly marked cha- 



1 It is the gobiomore dovmeuv, Lacep. Add the Guav'ma, Parr, 

 pi. xxxix. f. 1. The Amove guacu, Marcgr. 66. The Amove 

 pixuma, id. ib. or Gob. pisonis, Gm. 



2 The Gob. strigatus, Brouss. Dec. pi. i. ; or Gobiomove taiboa, 

 Lacep. copied in Encyc Meth. f. 138. The Eleotris noiv, Q,uoy and 

 G., op. cit. pi. lx. f 2, and the Scicena macrolepidota, Bl. 298 ; and 

 Maculata, id. 299. 2, which constituted my former genus Prochilus, 

 which must be suppressed. 



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