BY W. MACLBAY, F.L.S. 617 



515. Eleotris mogurnda, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, p. 4, pi. 2, figs. 1 — 2. — Gunth., 



Cat. Fishes III., p. 111. 



D. 8. 1/12-13. A. 1/13. L. lat. 48. 



Fifteen series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Scales of head and body equal, minutely ciliated. 

 Height of body five times in the total length, the length of the 

 head three times and three-quarters. The horizontal diameter of 

 the eye is one-sixth of the length of the head, and one-half the 

 width of the interorbital space. Snout moderate, rather depressed, 

 with the lower jaw prominent ; the maxillary extends nearly to 

 the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth villiform 

 in broad bands. Pale brown (in spirits) with a series of dark- 

 brown spots along the middle of the side ; three oblique, narrow 

 brown stripes from the eye to the gill-opening, the upper one 

 reaching on the base of the pectoral fin. 



Port Essington. 



516. Eleotris atjstralis, Krefft. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1864, p. 183. 

 D. 7. 1/8. A. 1/8. L. lat. 32. 



Eight series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Head scaly as far as the snout, obtuse ; lower 

 jaw prominent ; teeth in viUif orm bands. The height of the body 

 is four times and a-haK in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times and a-quarter ; tne horizontal diameter of the 

 eye one-half the width of the interorbital space. Colour yellowish 

 brown, covered with minute, black spots, which form five or six 

 longitudinal lines upon the sides ; base of pectoral fins with a 

 narrow, bright yellow band ; all the rays of the caudal spotted 

 with black ; second dorsal with three or four narrow, sometimes 

 indistinct bands. Anal papiUa as long as the horizontal diameter 

 of the eye, and nearly as broad. Length five inches. 



Kivers and Creeks of East Coast of New South Wales. 



