14. ELEOTKIS. Ill 



from fresh waters of Western Java, docs not appear to differ materially 

 from the above species. 



6. Eleotris macrolepidota. 



Sciaena macrolepidota, HI. taf. 298 ; Bl. Schn. p. 80. 

 Eleotris tmnifrons, Cuv. «§• Val. xii. p. 241. 



D. 7||. A. i,. L. lat. 30. 



The scales on the upper surface of the head are much smaller than 

 those on the body. Scales minutely ciliated. Interorbital space 

 swollen. The height of the body equals the length of the head and 

 of the caudal fin, and is nearly one-fourth of the total. The eye 

 occupies the second quarter of the length of the head, and its dia- 

 meter is nearly one-third of the wadth of the inierorbital space. The 

 maxillary extends to the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. Teeth viUiform. Colours ? 



East Indies. 



The typical specimen is in the Berlin Museum. 



7. Eleotris madagascariensis. 

 Cuv. 4- Val. xii. p. 240. 



D. 6 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 40. 

 Teeth cardiform, those of the outer series stronger. Fins elongate. 

 Black: the second dorsal and the caudal with brownish dots. (Val.) 

 Madagascar. 



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8. Eleotris mogumda. 



Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sr Terr. Fishes, p. 4. pi. 2. figs. 1, 2. 

 D. 8 I -i-. A. -^. L. lat. 48. 



I 12-13 13 



Prseoperculum without spine. Fifteen series of scales between 

 the origin of the posterior dorsal and the anal. The scales on the 

 upper surface of the head are not smaller than those on the sides. 

 Head scaly, except the snout. Scales minutely ciliated. The height 

 of the body is contained five times in the total length, the length of 

 the head three times and three-quarters. The horizontal diameter 

 of the eye is one-sixth of the length of the head, or one-half the width 

 of the interorbital space. Snout of moderate length, rather depressed, 

 with the lower jaw prominent ; the maxillarj- extends nearly to the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth villiform, in 

 broad bands. A series of dark-brown spots along the middle of the 

 side ; three oblique, narrow brown stripes from the eye to the gill- 

 opening, the upper one reaching on the base of the pectoral fin. 



Port Essington. 



a, b. Port Essington. From the Haslar Collection. — Types of the 

 species. 



c. Port Essington. Purchased of J. Gould, Esq. 



d. Stuffed : bad state. 



