14. ELEOTRIS. 105 



Greenish : back with scattered black dots ; sometimes a series of 

 vertical bands along the lower half of the side ; base of the pectoral 

 dark-coloured ; caudal pointed, with transverse series of blackish 

 dots. 



Coasts of the East Indies. 



a. Adult : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 6, c. Half-grown. China. Presented by Sir J. Eichardsou.— Tj-ijes 

 of B. aucMpatonus. 



14. ELEOTRIS*. 



Eleotris, pt., Gronov. Mus. Ichthyol. p. 16. 



Eleotris, Cut. Regne Antm. ; Citv. ^ Val. xii. p. 210. 



Pliilypnus, Cut: ^ Val. xii. p. 255. 



Bostrichthys, (Dumer.) Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, p 124 



Culms, Bleek. Boeroe, p. 411. ' r • 



Butis, Bleek. Boeroe, p. 412. 



Valeneieunea, Bleek. Boeroe, p. 412. 



Belobranchus, Bleek. Bali, p. 300. 



Eleotriodes, Bleek. Goram, p. 212. 



Lembus, Gthr. Acanihopt. i. p. 505. 



Body subcylindrical, scaly ; head oblong ; eyes of moderate size 

 lateral, not prominent. Teeth smaU. Two dorsal fins : the anterior 

 with SIX, sometimes with seven or eight (five) spines. Pectorals with 

 the base not particularly muscular ; ventrals not united, with the 

 space between them naiTow, and with one spine and five rays. Gill- 

 openings of moderate width ; branchiostegals five or six (four) ; air- 

 bladder large ; pseudobranchiae, a slit behind the fourth gill. Anal 

 papilla distinct. 



Freshwater fishes of the tropics, hving at the bottom, some of the 

 species entering the sea. The most northern form occurs in Japan, 

 the most southern one in New Zealand. 



Not one of the genera mentioned above has been founded on 

 such charactf^rs that it would comprise those species which show the 

 greatest natural affinity to one another. For instance, E. gmvina, 

 behhrancha, sinensis, urophthahnus, and the other species with an 

 ocellus on the tail, are more closely allied to one another than to any 



* 1. Eleotris acantliopomus, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 275.— West Sivmatra 



2- radiata, {Quoy # Gaim.) Cuv. # Val. xii. p. 250.— New Zealand 



o. wolffii, Bleek. Blcnn. en Gob. p. 253.— Bandjermassing. 



4- melanunis, Bleek. in Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn en 



Gob. p. 21. — Eastern Java. 



5. viridis, Block. I. c. p. 22. — Madura. 



6. prismatica, Bleek. I. c. p. 23. — Madiu-a. 



7- gymnopomus, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 274.— West Sumati-a. 



°- somnolentus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p 1(39 — 



Mouth of the Eio Grande del Norte. 



9- flammans, Cant. Ann. ^~ Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 4.S4.— Cliusan. 



10. ti-abeatus, Eichards. Ic. Pise. p. 5. pi. 2. fig. 2.— Depuch Island. 



\\- -—- longipinnis, Benn. in Zool. Beech. Voy. p. 64. pi. 20. f. 3.— Loo-Choo. 



12. Atherina danuis. Buch. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 222.— Cestreus minimus 



M'Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 151. pi. 4. fig. 2.— Ganges. 



