14. ELEOTRIS. 123 



28. Eleotris smaragdus. 



Ctiv. Sf Vol. xii. p. 231 ; Guichen. Puiss. in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. 

 Ciiha, p. 130. 



Scales very small. The height of the body Is one-half the length 

 of the head, which is one-fifth of the total. The eye occupies the 

 second sixth of the length of the head, and its diameter is two-thirds 

 of the width of the interorbital space. Snont obtuse, with the lower 

 jaw prominent ; cleft of the mouth oblique, not extending to the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth viUiform. 

 Caudal pointed, one-fourth of the total length. Brown : dorsal fins 

 brown- spotted. ( T'«?.) 



Presh waters of Cuba. 



29. Eleotris fornasini. 



Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Moss. p. 270. tab. 8. 



D. 6 1 1. A. y. L. lat. 58. 



Prseoperculum without spine. Posterior parts of the head covered 

 with very small scales. The height of the body equals the length of 

 the pectoral fin, and is contained five times in the total length, the 

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

 caudal fin nearly five times. The width of the interorbital space is 

 twice the diameter of the eye. Teeth in viUiform bands. The 

 second dorsal is higher than the first. Greyish-brown. (JBiarw.) 



Mozambique. 



30. Eleotris gyrinoides. 

 Bleeker, Sumatra, ii. p. 272. 



D. 6 I -i-. A. |. L. lat. 62. 



Prseoperculnm without spine. Head covered with very small 

 scales. The height of the body is contained six times or five times 

 and three-quarters in the total length, the leng-th of the head four 

 times. The diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the latter, and equal 

 to the width of the interorbital space. The upper jaw is shorter than 

 the lower, and the maxillary reaches to below the posterior half of 

 the eye. Teeth in viUiform bands. The length of the caiidal tin is 

 contained five times and two-thirds in the total. Dark greenish, 

 Avith darker stripes along the series of scales ; fins yellow, variegated 

 with brown ; an irregular black, red-edged spot on the base of the 

 pectoral fin. (Bl.) 



Rivers of Priaman and Celebes. 



31. Eleotris marmorata. 



Bleeker, Borneo, vi. p. 424. 



D. 6 U. A. 4. L. lat. 70-75. 



Prseoperculum without spine. Twenty-two series of scales be- 

 tween the origin of the posterior dorsal fin and the anal. The scales 



