618 DESCBIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AITSTRALIAN FISHES, 



517. Eleotris Coxii, Krefft. 



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



D. 7. 1/9. A. 1/9. L. lat. 36-38. 



Twelve series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Head scaly, snout obtuse, with the lower jaw 

 prominent. The height of the body is five times and a-quarter 

 in the total length ; the length of the head more than four times ; 

 the horizontal diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the length of 

 the head, and equal to the width of the interorbital space. Bright 

 yellow : upper part and sides finely punctured with black, forming 

 a broad, sometimes indistinct streak upon the sides ; dorsals and 

 pectorals bright yellow at the base, the first punctured with black : 

 the belly whitish. Teeth viliform, in broad bands. Anal papilla 

 large, somewhat longer than broad. Length five and a-quarter 

 inches. 



Eopes' Creek, Mulgoa, upper Hawkesbury Eiver. 



518. Eleotris grandiceps, Krefft. 



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



D. 7. 1/9. A. 1/9. L. lat. 38-40. 



Twelve series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Head very large, broad, depressed, without 

 scales ; lower jaw prominent ; teeth villiform. The height of the 

 body is five times in the total length, the length of the head three 

 times and a half. The diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the 

 length of the head, and nearly haK the width of the interorbital 

 space ; the pectorals reach to the origin of the anal fin. Greneral 

 coloration yellowish, punctured with black, in particular on the 

 upper part and sides ; snout blackish ; lower jaw sometimes 

 punctured with black also ; beneath whitish. Anal papilla very 

 small. Length three and a-half inches. 



Upper Hawkesbury. Eastern Creek, Bronte. 



