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ON SOME AUSTRALIAN ELEOTRIN^. 

 Part 2. 



By J. Douglas Ogilbi. 



At the last meeting of the session of 1896 I had the honour to 

 communicate to the Society a paper on the above subject, which 

 has, I am happy to say, met with cordial approval among the 

 most advanced ichthyologists of the colonies and elsewhere, and 

 I take this opportunity of thanking those friends whose kind and 

 complimentary letters encourage me in the face of many and 

 grave difficulties to proceed with the task of bringing Australian 

 ichthyology more into line with modern thought. It is, therefore, 

 with great pleasure that I now, just a year later, present to your 

 notice a second paper dealing with other members of the same 

 interesting subfamily. 



In the former paper five species were described, namely : — 

 Carassiops longi, Krejftius australis, Mulgoa coxii, Ophiorrhimts 

 grandicej)s, and 0. nudicej^s, while the present contains diagnoses 

 of five others : — Carafisiops gitentheri, C. galii, Krefftius adspersus, 

 Eleotris fusciis, and Ophiorrhin^is angustifrons, two of which are 

 described as new to science, while the fauna of New South Wales 

 is enriched by no less than three. 



Owing to the magnificent series of Eleotris fuscus, which has 

 lately passed through my hands, thanks to the exertions of Mr. 

 Charles Hedley, I am enabled to present to my readers a diagnosis 

 of the restricted genus Eleotris, which has been made by some 

 authors the refuge for so many and so varied forms that it is safe 

 to say that in no other branch of biological science would such an 

 extraordinary agglomeration of distinct forms been peruiitted 

 for so long a time. A review of the family in accordance with 



