BY W, MACLEAY, F.L.S. 619 



519. Eleotris compressus, Krefft. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, London 1864, p. 184. 



D. 1/9-10 A. 1/10. L, lat. 28-30. 



Eight series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. Body cyprinoid, compressed ; the height three 

 times and three-quarters in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the horizontal diameter of the eye is one-fourth 

 of the length of the head, and is contained once and a-half in the 

 width of the interorbital space ; the snout is short, lower jaw 

 longest ; mouth rather small ; head scaly. Coloration reddish- 

 brown, with five or six indistinct cross-bands formed of close- 

 dotted black spots with which the scales are covered. The second 

 dorsal and anal fins are rather long, and more or less marked with 

 black at the base and top, the hinder part of the second dorsal is 

 also speckled with white. Anal papilla of moderate size and 

 forked. 



Clarence Eiver. Port Denison. Length three and a-half inches. 



520. Eleotris nudioeps, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., p. 126. 



D. 7. I/IO. A. 1/10. L. lat. 47. 



Height of body six times in the total length, head three and 

 one-fourth times ; eye six times and one third in the length of 

 the head ; lower jaw considerably longer than the upper ; head 

 very large, very broad, being at its widest part one-half its length. 

 Mouth very broad ; the maxillary extends to below the centre of 

 the eye, the eyes about one third of the length of the head apart. 

 The teeth are numerous and cardiform, those of the lower jaw 

 larger ; teeth on the vomer and palatines and back part of the 

 tongue. Head naked, but rough and with longitudinal ridges. 

 Scales on anterior part of body very small. The last ray of the 

 dorsal fin longer than the others ; caudal fin long and rounded ; 

 pectorals two-thirds as long as the head and of eighteen ^rays. 

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