132 GOBIID^. 



II. More than twenty rays in the soft dorsal and anal fins : 

 Eleotriodes (part.), Bleek. 



48. Eleotris heteroptera. 



Eleotris heteropterus, Bleek. Borneo, ix. p. 422. 

 Eleotriodes heteropterus, Bleek. Goram, p. 212. 



B.4. D.6|±. A.l. 



Scale.s scarcely conspicuous. The height of the body is contained 

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

 times and a quaii:er. Cleft of the mouth very oblique, with the 

 vipper jaw shortest ; the maxillary extends to below the anterior half 

 of the ej'c. Dorsal fins lower than the body ; caudal forked. Green- 

 ish rose-coloured ; a black spot along the middle of the caudal. {Bl.) 



Rivers of Bandjermassing. 



49. Eleotris microlepis. 



Eleotris microlepis, Bleek. Banda, v. p. 102. 

 Eleotriodes microlepis, Bleek. Goram, p. 212. 



B.4. D.6|l A.^. 



Scales scarcely visible. The height of the body is one-eighth of 

 the total length, the length of the head one-sixth. Cleft of the 

 mouth very oblique, with the upper jaw shorter ; the maxillary ex- 

 tends to below the anterior half of the eye. Dorsal fins lower than 

 the body. Caudal slightly emarginate. Greenish rose-coloured : 

 sides of the head with blue spots ; a curved blue streak behind the 

 eye, another on the opercle ; caudal immaculate. {Bl.) 



Coasts of Banda and Jfias. 



15. ASTERROPTEEYX. 



AsteiTopterj-x, Miipp. Atl. Fische, p. 138. 



Head and body compressed, covered with large scales ; eyes of 

 moderate size, lateral, not prominent. Teeth in a single series. Two 

 dorsal fins, the anterior with six flexible spines. Ventrals not united, 

 with the space between them narrow, and with one spine and five 

 rays. GiU-openings of moderate width, not contiguous. Branehio- 

 stegals three (?) ; air-bladder none. Anal appendage absent. 



Red Sea. 



1. Asterropteryx semipunctatus. 



-R(V>j;j. /. c. taf 34. fig. 4. 



D. 6 I 12. A. -i-. 



The middle spines of the anterior dorsal fin and the ventral elon- 

 gate. Yellowish-brown, each scale with a blue spot, {liilpp.) 

 ilussaua. 



