268 THE FISHES OF NEW GUINEA, 



together (about a third of their diameter apart) and situated on the 

 top of the head ; the teeth are numerous, the outer series very- 

 acute j the cheek is naked, a few scales on the upper part of the 

 operculum. The second dorsal spine is long, terminating in a 

 filament, the caudal is rounded behind. Colour greenish-yellow, 

 with indistinct darker markings, a large ill-defined brown spot on 

 the root of the tail, the dorsal and caudal fins brown spotted. 

 Milne Bay. Fresh water. 



336. Apocryptes fasciatus. n. sp. 



D. 6/15. A. 15. L. lat. 56. 



Of compressed form ; the height of the body and length of the 

 head are about one-fourth of the total length. The head is 

 less compressed than the body, convex between the eyes and 

 rounded on the snout ; the eyes are moderate, less than a 

 diameter apart, and about a diameter from the snout ; there is a 

 strong bony elevation on the front orbital margins ; the mouth is 

 oblique, the gape extending to below the middle of the eye, the 

 cheek is naked or nearly so. The dorsal spines are filamentose, the 

 connecting membrane not nearly extending to the middle ; caudal 

 rounded. Colour dark with six broad darker fasciae on the sides ; 

 soft dorsal and anal with small blue or light coloured dots. 



338. Eleotris immaculatis. n. sp. 



D. 6/10. A. 9. L. lat. 63. 



Form depressed in front, compressed towards the tail ; height 

 one-fourth of the total length without the caudal fin. Length of 

 head one-third of the total length with the caudal fin. Back from 

 the dorsal fin to the snout very broad and nearly flat, becoming 

 somewhat concave between the eyes, which are quite 4J diameters 

 apart ; the snout is broad and rounded, and without scales, the 

 lower jaw considerably exceeding the upper, the cleft of the mouth 

 extends to the vertical from the posterior margin of the eye. The 

 caudal fin is rounded. The colour (in spirits) is of a dull uniform 

 brown, but in life probably each scale had a pearly lustre. A 

 large heavy fish 18 inches long. 



Keremma Biver. Gulf of Papua. 



