11(3 GOBIID.i:. 



15. Eleotris hasseltii. 

 Bleek. Blenn, en Gob. p. 253 cum fig., and Boeroe, p. 412. 

 D. 6 I i-. A. \. L. lat. 45. 



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Praeoperciilum without spine. The height of the body is contained 

 seven times and a half in the total length, the length of the head five 

 times. Eyes close together, their diameter being two-sevenths of 

 the length of the head. Cleft of the mouth very oblique, with the 

 lower jaw somewhat longer than the upper ; the upper maxiUary 

 extends nearly to below the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth in 

 vUliform bands, those in the outer series rather larger. Caudal 

 pointed ; its length is contained three times and three-quarters in the 

 total. Greenish rose-coloured, marbled with bro^vn. {Bl.) 



Coasts of Anjer (West Java) and of Kajeli (Boeroe). 



2. A black spot on the root of the pectoral : Butis, Bleek. 



16. Eleotris butis. 



Cheilodipterus butis, Buck. Ham. pp. 57, 367 ; Gray Sf Hardw. III. 



Iml. Zool. ii. pi. 93. f. 3. 

 Eleotris himieralis, Cuv. (^ Val. xii. p. 246 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. pp. 5, 22. 



butis, Cant. Catal. p. 196. 



? Eleotris melanopterus, Bleek. Ceram, ii. p. 706. 



D. 6 1 1. A. i-. L. lat. 28. Vert. 12/14. 



Pr?eoperculum without spine. Nine series of scales between the 

 origin of the second dorsal fin and the anal. The scales on the upper 

 surface of the head and on the cheeks are minute, extending over a 

 part of the snout. Scales not ciliated. The height of the body is 

 one -fifth of the total length, the length of the head two-sevenths. 

 Snout broad, depressed, produced ; the horizontal diameter of the 

 eye is one -sixth or one-seventh of the length of the head, and one- 

 half of the width of the interorbital space. Lower jaw prominent ; 

 the maxUlary does not extend to the vertical from the centre of the 

 eye. Teeth in villiform bands. Brownish, ^dth lighter longitudinal 

 stripes, and sometimes with scattered brown dots ; a deep-black spot 

 on the lower half of the root of the pectoral rays. The second dorsal 

 with blackish spots, and with a more or less broad transparent mar- 

 gin ; caudal and anal uniform black, or blackish with darker spots. 



East Indies. 



a. Adult. China. 



h. Adult. Philippine Islands. 



c. Fine specimen. Borneo. 



d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



e. f. Adult : skins. Piaang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



g. Adult. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. — Probably 



the type of the species. 

 h. Adult. India. 

 i. Adult : skeleton. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



