230 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOSS. 



B. rECinciitosTuis, Omcl. 



B. v.; D. 5:23-24; 1'. 18; Y. J ; A. 23-24; C. 14. 



6 oulargcd central tct'tli and 40 small ones on eitlu-r side in tlie upper jaw. In t1ie 

 mandible 35 to 40 truncated and notched ones in either ramus, and a pair of sym- 

 physial canines. Caudal pointed. The bod}- covcrod with tubercles and venligris 

 spots. Dorsal blue-spotted. 



Tenasserim. 



B. Eleoirina. 



Ventrah not united together. 



BosTEicnTHYS, Dumcril. 



Brancbiostegals 4 to 6. Pseudobranchifc. Teeth in jaws and vomer, but no 

 canines. Two dorsal fins. Ventrals proximate, but not joined. 



B. Sinensis, Lacep. 



Lee-mee-jo-do-dah. Andamans. 



B. V. ; D. 6 TTr^T= ; P. 1-5 ; V. 1 ; A. i ; C. 13. 



Brancbiostegals 5. Colour dark brown, marbled. A black, white-edged ocellus 

 at the root of the tail. Three bands of spots along the dorsal, and caudal vertically 

 banded by spots. 



The Andamans. 



Eleotris, Gronoritts. 



Brancbiostegals 4 to G. Pseudobranchia;. Teeth small, none on the vomer or 

 palatines. Two dorsals. Air-vessel large. Anal papilla distinct. 



E. FEiicEPS, Blyth. 



B. v.; D. &-h; P. 15; V. A; A. 11 ; C. 13. 



Eyes close together. Teeth villiform. Dorsal spines filiform. Central caudal 

 rays longest. Colour brownish-white, spotted and blotched with darker. Bands 

 from the orbit. Type 1-^- inches. 



Tlie Andamans. 



E. MACKODoN, Bleeker. 



B. v.; D. 6i; P. 17; V. i ; A. i; C. 13. 



Head flat. Lower jaw longer. Anterior nostril tubular. A small barbel on 

 cither side of the upper jaw. Several rows of villiform teeth in either jaw, 8 or 10 

 enlarged ones on the premaxillaries, two of which are canine-like. In the mandible 

 4 to 6 canine-like teeth in front. Posterior half of caudal scaled. Colour brownish, 

 second dorsal brown-spotted. A dark pale-edged ocellus at the base of caudal. 

 Grows to 4.V inches. 



Estuaries and tidal rivers in Burma. 



E. poEOCEPHALTJs, Cuv. ct Val. 



A-rig-dah and Mu-took-dah. Andamans. 



B. v.; D. 6 e^To-; P. 15; V. I; A. ! ; C. 15. 



Head obtuse, depressed. Lower jaw the longer, the anterior nostril tub\ilar. 

 The outer row of teeth on the mandible slightly the largest. Caudal rounded. 

 Colour deep blackish brown, dark marbled. Second dorsal with three or four rows of 

 spots. Anal dark-banded, sometimes the body light-spotted. 



The Andamans. 



E. SCINTILLANS, Blyth. 



B. v. ; D. 6 i ; P. 15 ; V. i ; A. | ; C. 13. 



Lower jaw the longer. Anterior nostril in a short tube. No spine on the 

 preopercle. Teeth villiform, the outer mandibular ones a little larger. Brownish 

 marbled with darker, and the scales shot with light spots. Both dorsals with three 



