BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 789 



where it was first discovered by my friend Mr. Albert Gale, who, 

 believing it to be new, at once informed me, and together we 

 visited the tank and, with the permission of the Director, succeeded 

 in capturing a number of specimens. Nothing is known as to 

 how the fish originally got into this particular tank, but doubtless 

 the spawn was brought thither adhering to water plants of which 

 several species, from various up-country localities, are growing in 

 the tank. Mr. Gale, however, believes that he has caught the 

 fish in the Turon River. It is a small form, my largest example 

 being but 52 millimeters in length. The majority of those in 

 Mr. Gale's aquarium are now breeding, many of the individuals 

 which are distended with spawn being less than an inch in length, 

 and so delicate that the large globular ova can be distinctly seen 

 through the cuticle. The breeding season of C. galii is therefore 

 different from that of C . longi, which spawns in the autumn. I 

 have much pleasure in naming this species after its discoverer. 



Krefftius adspersus. 



Eleotrls adspersa, Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, iii. 



1878, p. 142, Fitzroy River. 

 Eleotris minius, DeYis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, ix. 1884, 



p. 690. 



Purple-spotted Gudgeon. 



D. viii, i 10-12. A. i 11-12. Sc. 32-33/11. 



Depth of body 4 to 4i, length of head 3~ to 3| in the total 

 length; width of head IjV to 1 ^ o^ interorbital region 3 J to 4, 

 diameter of eye 4|^ to 4f in the length of the head; snout moderate 

 and obtuse, its width between the posterior nostrils equal to or a 

 little less than its length, which is i to \ longer than the diameter 

 of the eye. Maxillary extending to or slightly beyond the vertical 

 from the anterior border of the eye, its length from the tip of the 

 snout 24 to 21 in that of the head. 7 gill-rakers on the lower 

 branch of the anterior arch. The space between the origin of the 

 first dorsal and the base of the last soft ray is as long as or a 

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