BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 369 



The specimen was collected at Jervis Bay, among oysters, by 

 Mr. Thomas Whitelegge, and measures 38 millimetres. 

 Type in the Australian Museum, Sydney. 

 Register number, I. 3171. 



Eleotris huttoni, sp.nov. 



B. V. D. 6. 1/8. A. 1/9. V. 1/5. P. 19. C. 14. L. lat. 37. L. tr. 9. 



Length of head 4^, height of body 6^^ in the total length ; 

 height of head If, width 1^ in its length. Eye large, its 

 diameter 3i in the length of the head ; snout short, obtusely 

 rounded, four-fifths of the diameter of the eye ; inter- 

 orbital space narrow and concave, its breadth less than a third 

 of the same. Jaws equal ; cleft of mouth very oblique, the 

 maxilla scarcely reaching to the anterior margin of the orbit. 

 Upper profile of head very slightly convex. Head without open 

 pores or distinct series of warts. Jaws with a band of small 

 hooked teeth, the outer row much enlarged. Dorsal spines weak, 

 four-sevenths of the height of the body, and much lower than the 

 rays, which are longest posteriorly : anal papilla moderate ; the 

 aual commences beneath the third dorsal ray and is continued to 

 some distance behind the base of the second dorsal : ventral 

 moderate, not reaching to the vent, two-thirds of the length of the 

 head : pectoral large, subcuneiform, not quite so long as the head : 

 caudal rounded, 5i in the total length. Scales on the body 

 strongly ctenoid, on the occiput and opercle cycloid ; rest of 

 the head scaleless ; occipital scales not reaching to between the 

 posterior margins of the orbits, preceded by a closed pore ; three 

 series of scales between the dorsals. 



Colours. — Uniform yellowish brown : vertical fins hyaline, the 

 upper half of the first dorsal brownish orange ; second dorsal 

 with two or three irregular series of spots on its outer half ; 

 anterior rays of the anal brownish ; other fins pale brown. 



The specimen from which the above description was taken is in 

 the collection of the Australian Museum, and is labelled 

 " Waikato River, New Zealand ; " it measures 65 millimetres. 



