BY CHAKLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 691 



Colour in spirits yellowish brown, thickly punctated with black 

 dots, or yellow without punctations. A black blotch above the 

 axilla. Caudal more or less dark, with white spots. Spinous 

 dorsal dark with a white or hyaline sub-marginal band. Soft 

 dorsal with a series (3-6) of white spots at the base and on the 

 hinder rays, and with an intermarginal white band. Anal with 

 a similar mesial band. 



Length, to 4 inches. Locality, Brisbane ; creeks and pools ; 

 common. 



This species comes very near to E. compressus, Krefft, but is 

 distinguishable by means of its narrow body, longer head, and 

 axillary blotch. 



Eleotris longicauda. 



D. 6, 1/8-9. A. 1/8. Lat. 29. Tr. 10. 



Height of the body 5f-5J, the leugth of the head 3| in the 

 total length. Orbit 7^-8, interorbit 34^-4, snout 2J-2g in the length 

 of the head, caudal peduncle 4f in the length of the head. Head 

 narrow, depressed, scaly to the muzzle. Interorbit flatly excavated. 

 Muzzle obtusely pointed. Lower jaw very prominent. Soft 

 dorsal and anal pointed, last rays somewhat prolonged. Caudal 

 obtusely pointed. Pectoral pointed, reaching the level of the anal 

 papilla which is also pointed, and reaches the base of the anal. 

 Maxillary not reaching the orbit. 



Colour (recent) dark yellowish brown with a darker longitudinal 

 stripe between each scale row. First dorsal marked with black 

 and broadly pinky-white edged, the anterior spines tipped with 

 bright red. Soft dorsal black at the base, posteriorly with large 

 white spots, broadly edged with pinky-white. Caudal black, 

 white edged above. Anal black with a broad ill-defined white 

 mesial bar anteriorly, all but the last rays broadly white tipped. 

 Pectoral with a large black spot at the base enclosing 2 or 3 

 bright red pointed spots ; ventrals black, red edged. Abdomen 

 and post-abdomen ruddy with broad bars of the body colour 

 descending upon them. 



