14. ELEOTRrS. 115 



lines 



Length of the nineteenth vertebra 1| 



•of the twenty-seventh vertebra .... 1? 



- of the abdominal portion 23 



• of the caudal portion 23 



13. Eleotris obscura. 

 Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 149. pi. 77. figs. 1-3. 

 D. 7 ||. A. |. L. lat. 36-40. 



Praeoperculmn without spine. Twelve or thirteen series of scales 

 between the origins of the second dorsal and the anal fins. The 

 scales on the neck are of moderate size, gradually becoming smaller 

 anteriorly ; they do not extend on the snout. Scales not ciUated. 

 The height of the body is contained five times or five times and a half 

 in the total length, the length of the head three times and a quarter. 

 The eye occupies the third eighth of the length of the head, and its 

 vertical diameter is one-third of the width of the interorbital space. 

 Head broad, depressed, with the snout of moderate length, and with 

 the lower jaw prominent ; the maxiUary extends beyond the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. Teeth card-like, in broad bands. Brown 

 clouded with darker ; fins browTi-spotted. 



Rivers of Nagasaki. China. 



a, b. Adult. Japan. 



c. Fine specimen. Chikiang. From Mr. Fortune's Collection. 



14. Eleotris oxycephala. 



Eleotris oxycephala, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 1.50. pi. 77. figs. 4, 5. 

 cantherius, Richards. Ichth. CJiina, p. 209. 



D. 6 ||. A. |. L. lat. 48. 



Praeoperculum with a spine dii'ected downwards. Thii'teen series 

 of scales between the origin of the second dorsal fin and the anal. 

 The scales on the head are small and extend on to the snout ; those 

 on the cheeks are minute. Scales minutely ciliated. The height of 

 the body is one-sixth of the total length, the length of the head one- 

 fourth. The eye occupies the third eighth of the length of the head, 

 and is one-third of the width of the interorbital space. Snout de- 

 pressed, of moderate length, with the lower jaw prominent; the 

 maxillary does not quite extend to the vertical from the centre of 

 the eye ; teeth villiform, forming bands. Bro^vnish, with scattered 

 darker dots and lighter stripes along the series of scales ; the lower 

 parts minutely dotted with brown, and the lower part of the head 

 with round white spots ; fins with serrated brown bands. 



China and Japan. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. China. 



c, d. Fine specimens. From the Haslar Collection. 



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