624 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Preeoperculum with a spine directed downwards. Sixteen 

 series of scales between tlie origin of tlie second dorsal fin and 

 the anal. Scales on top of the head small, extending to the space 

 between the eyes ; those on the cheeks minute. Scales ciliated. 

 Height of body one-fifth of the length, length of head one-fourth. 

 The eye occupies the third seventh of the length of the head and 

 its vertical diameter is one-third of the width of the interorbital 

 space. Snout depressed, short, with the lower jaw prominent, 

 the maxillary reaches to the vertical from the centre of the eye. 

 Teeth villiform forming bands, those of the outer series enlarged 

 of rather unequal size. Blackish-brown : the lateral scales some- 

 times with black centre ; the spots forming either more or less 

 regular longitudinal series, or a band along the middle of the 

 side ; dorsal and caudal fins with distinct, anal and pectoral with 

 rather indistinct, series of brown dots. 



Australia (Gunth.) 



533. Eleotris muralis, Cuv. & Yal. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 130.— Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 1867, XX., p. 62. 



B. 5. D. 6. 1/12. A. 1/12. L. lat. 80. 



The second, third, and fourth dorsal spines produced into 

 filaments. The height of the body is one-eighth or one-ninth of 

 the total length, the width of the interorbital space is one-half of 

 the diameter of the eye ; teeth in single series of unequal size. 

 Brownish : head and body with red longitudinal bands ; back 

 with some irregular cross-bands. Fins yellow : the first dorsal 

 with a black spot behind the top of the third spine ; dorsal and 

 anal fins with red longitudinal bands, caudal with red and brown 

 spots. 



Cape York. Darnley Island. Endeavour Eiver. 



534. Eleotris t^niura, n. S2). 

 D. 6. 1/11. A. 11. 



