1 1 2 OOBIIDjE. 



9. Eleotris macnlata. 



Sciaena maculata, Bl. taf. 299. fig. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 80. 

 Eleotris mugiloides, Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 226. 



latifrons, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fishes, p. 57. pi. 35. figs. 4, 5 



(the humeral spot is omitted). 



D. 7 1 g-^. A. ^. L. lat. 30-35. Vert. 13/15 (11/15 Val). 



Nine or ten series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal 

 and the anal. The scales on the upper surface of the head are of 

 moderate size, though smaller than those on the body, and extend 

 to the extremity of the snout, those on the side of the head to the 

 praeorbital. Scales minutely ciliated. The height of the body is 

 cont»med four times or four times and a half in the total length, the 

 length of the head three times and three-quarters. Head obtuse, 

 thick. The upper profile of the snout descending obliquely down- 

 wards in a nearly straight line. The eye occupies the third sixth of 

 the length of the head, and its diameter is not quite one-third of the 

 width of the interorbital space. The maxillary extends to the ver- 

 tical from the anterior margin of the orbit. Teeth villiform, slightly 

 moveable, forming narrow bands. Caudal rather large, rounded, as 

 long as the head. Greenish-oUve, indistinctly clouded with darker ; 

 cheek with two or three indistinct longitudinal stripes ; a black spot 

 on the shoulder. The second dorsal and anal with series of dark 

 spots. 



Fresh waters of the West Indies, (Martinique), Trinidad, Mexico, 

 Demerara, Siirinam, Guayaquil. 



a. Adult : skin. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



b-g. Adult and half-grown : stufied. West Indies. From Br. 



Pamell's Collection. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 

 i-o. Adult. Guayaquil. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 

 p. Adult. Pacific. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. — 



Type of Eleotris latifrons, Richards. 

 q. Adult : skin. 



r-s, t-w. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 X. Adult : skeleton. Guayaquil. From Mr. Eraser's Collection, 



The following specimens, with shorter head and caudal fin, belong 



perhaps, to a different species. 



a. Adult. South (? Central) America. From M. Salle's Collection. 

 The length of the head equals that of the caudal, and is con- 

 tained four times and a half in the total. Anterior dorsal with 

 six spines. 



6. Adult. Demerara, Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



c. Adult. Purchased of M. Parzud^. 



Skeleton. — ^The skull of this species is much more elevated than 

 in E. ophiocephalus and E. aporos, being as high as broad. The 

 crown of the head is convex on the middle, with a longitudinal im- 

 pression on each side ; the convex and the concave portions are not 



