BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 33 



1204. Eleotris Selheimi. Macleay. 



Eleotris ])laniceps. Macleay. Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales. 

 Vol. VII., p. 69. 



Palmer River, N. Queensland. 



The specific name planiceps has been previously used by Count 

 Castelnau for a species (525), from the Norman River. 



1205. Eleotris aporocephalus. Macleay. 



Eleotris planiceps. Macleay. Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales. 

 Vol. VIII., p. 20G. 



Lillesmere Lagoon. Burdekin River. 



This I think is probably the species which Klunzinger refers to 

 E. porocephaloides. Bleeker. 



1206. Eleotris cyprixoides. Cuv. and Val. 



Gunth Cat. III., p. 118. Klunz. Sitzb. der K. Akad. der 

 Wi.s.sensch., 1879, tab. V. fig. 2. 



D. 6/i. A. 1/9-10. L. lat. 26-28. 



Head entirely scaly. Body compressed, its height being nearly 

 equal to the length of the head, and one-fifth of the total ; the 

 diameter of the eye is rather more than one-fourth of the length of 

 the head, equal to the width of the interorbital space, and longer 

 than the snout. Snout pointed, with the lower jaw longest ; the 

 maxillary does not extend to the vertical from the anterior mai'gin 

 of the eye. Teeth in villiform bands. Scales finely ciliated. 

 Brownish-olive, with a blackish longitudinal band from the upper 

 part of the base of the pectoral, below the lateral line to the 

 caudal ; dorsal and caudal fins with brown spots. 



Murray River. (Klunzinger.) 



1207. Eleotris reticulatus. Klunz. 



Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wissensch.. 1879, p. 385. Tab. 4, fig 3. 



D. 6/J. A. 1 10. L. lat,, 28-30. L. tr. 10. 



Height of body and length of head 5 times in the total length 

 The caudal peduncle equals the length of the head. Colour 

 yellowish or brownish, the dark margins of the scales giving the 

 appearance of reticulate markings. Fins dark, marbled or speckled. 



