622 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGITE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



527. ELEOTEis ADSPERSA, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, YoL III , p. 142. 

 Fitzroy Eiver. 



528. Eleotris oxycephala, Schleg. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 115. — Kner., Yoy. Nov., Fislies, 



p. 185. 



D. 6. 1/8. A. 1/8. L. lat. 48. 



Pree operculum with a spine directed forwards. Thirteen series 

 of scales between the origin of the second dorsal fin and the anal. 

 The scales on the head are small and extend on to the snout ; 

 those on the cheeks are minute. Scales minutely ciliated. The 

 height of the body is one-sixth of the total length, the length of 

 the head one-fourth. The eye occupies the third eighth of the 

 length of the head, and is one-third of the width of the inter- 

 orbital space. Snout depressed, of moderate length, with the 

 lower jaw prominent ; the maxillary does not quite reach the 

 vertical from the centre of the eye ; teeth villiform forming bands. 

 Brownish, with scattered darker dots and lighter stripes along 

 the series of scales ; the lower parts minutely dotted with brown 

 and the lower part of the head with round white spots. Fins 

 with serrated brown bands. Length four to six inches, 



Sydney (Kner). 



529. Eleotris elevata, Macl. 



"^JEleotris comj^resstis, Macl., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Yol. 

 II., p. 358, pL 9, fig. 7. 

 Port Darwin. 



530^. Eleotris Mastersii, 7i. sp. 

 D. 7. 1/8. A. 9. L. lat. 38. 



*Name previously used by Krefft. 



