ELEOTEIS. • 73 



Colour brownish olive ; the posterior part of the trunk and tail covered with small 

 round whitish spots, separated by a network of darker lines; dorsal and anal fins 

 blackish, with a white black-edged band along the base ; head uniform. 



Length 1 inch 3 lines. 



Aden. 



PERIOPHTHALMUS, Schn. 



245. Periophthalmus koelreuteri. [426.] 



Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 181; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 140; Giinth. Fish. iii. 

 p. 97. 



Seychelles. Zanzibar. Red Sea to Australia and the islands of the Western 

 Pacific. 



ELEOTMS, Gronov. 



246. Eleotris ophiocephalus. [425.] 



Eleotris ophiocephalus, {Kuhl § v. Hass.) Cuv. fy Val. xii. p. 239 ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 196; Giinth. 



Fish. iii. p. 107. 

 margaritacea, Cuv. §• Val. xii. p. 240. 



The African specimens do not differ from those of the East Indies, except in having 

 the second dorsal and caudal fins spotted with dark brown instead of with white. 



Fresh water of Seychelles and Johanna ; salt water of Mozambique. East-Indian 

 archipelago. Neio Ireland. Philippines. 



247. Eleotris madagascariensis. [405 a.] 

 Eleotris madagascariensis, Cuv. &; Val. xii. p. 240; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 111. 



Mozambique. Madagascar. 



248. Eleotris butis. [363.] 



Cheilodipterus butis, Buck. Ham. pp. 57, 367; Gray fy Hardw. III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 93. f. 3. 



Eleotris huinerahs, Cuv. fy Val. xii. p. 246. 



■ butis, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 196; Gunth. Fish. iii. p. 116. 



The only difference between the African and Indian specimens is, that the scales of 

 the former have the appearance of being slightly carinated. 



Fresh water of Johanna. Salt water of Mozambique. East Indies. East-Indian 

 archipelago. 



249. Eleotris wardii, s P . n. Plate IX. fig. 3. [689.] 



D. 6 | ^- A. y? L - lat - ca - 95 - 



This species is allied to E. periophthalmus and to E. muralis. Head naked ; the 



