14. ELEOTRis. lOg 



with darker ; posterior dorsal and caudal brown-siiotted ; anal trans- 

 parent. 



Presh waters of Pinang, Amboyna, Ceranij^ Celebes, and Nias. 

 a, h. Adult: skins. Pinang.— Types of Dr. Cantor's description. 



Tliis fish is readily distinguished from E.porocephalus, Cuv. & Val 

 by the considerably smaller scales of the ueck. The latter is doubt- 

 less identical with E. opluoceplmhis, Kuhl Jt v. Hass. 



3. Eleotris porocephaloides. 



Bleek. Sumatra, iii. p. 511. 



B. 6. D. 6||. A.f L.lat.33. 



Head entirely scaly, except the foremost part of the snout. Scales 

 ctenoid. The height of the body is contained six times in the total 

 length, the length of the head three times and three-fourths Head 

 obtuse, flat, depressed. [The diameter of the eye is one-fourth of 

 the length of the head, in an immature specimen.] The maxillary 

 reaches to below the posterior half of the eye. Teeth in \-illiform 

 bands. Brownish, with some indistinct lighter transverse bands- 

 the vertical fins black, with the margins red. {El.) 



Elvers of Priaman. 



4. Eleotris aporos. 



Eleotris aporos, Bleek. Gilolo, p. 49. 



^- ^ I T- ^^- m- ^- ^^t- ^2-38- Vert. 12/13. 



Ten or eleven longitudinal series of scales between the origin of 

 the second dorsal and the anal. Head entii-ely scaly, except the 

 foremost part of the snout ; scales on the upper surface of the head 

 rather larger than those on the body. Scales minutely ciliated. The 

 height of the body is contained four times to five times and a half in 

 the total length, the length of the head four times. Head obtuse 

 flat, depressed. The eye occupies the third seventh of the length of 

 the head, and its diameter is one-third of the width of the interorbital 

 space (in adult specimens). The maxillary extends to the vertical 

 trom the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth in villiform bands. 

 Urownish-ohve (in spirits), with one or two rows of darker spots 

 along the side ; three oblique streaks from the eye to the opercles, 

 the upper leaving a spot on the base of the pectoral. Fins black- 

 ish ; the second dorsal and the anal with white margin. 



Coasts of Gilolo and Ternate. Fresh waters of the Feeiee Islands 

 Borneo ; Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. Borneo. Pm-chased of Mr. Frank as E. poro- 



cephalus. 

 h, c-d. Adult and half-grown. Fresh waters of Oualan. 

 e, f-g. Adult and half-grown. Feejee Islands. 

 h. Adult. Wanderer Bay (fresh water). From the Museum of 



Economic Geology. 



