14. ELEOTRIS. 125 



length, the length of the head one-fifth ; head ohtnse, with the an- 

 terior profile very convex ; eyes close together, much longer than the 

 snout. Jaws nearly equal anteriorly ; the maxillary extends to the 

 vertical from the posterior margin of the eye. The teeth form bands, 

 those of the outer series being enlarged ; a canine tooth on each si do 

 of the lower jaw. Yellowish, with six broad cross-bars ; head with 

 red, purphsh-edged ocelli ; rays of the dorsal fins brown-dotted ; 

 anal with three blue longitudinal bands. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Batavia. 



^. A .<?pine at the angle of the prseoperculum : Culius, Bleek 



35. Eleotris fusca. 



Poecilia fusca, £1. Schn. p. 4o3. 



Cobitis pacifica, Forst. Descript. Amm. ed. Licht. p. 235. 

 Cheilodipterus culius, Buck. Ham. Fish. Ganges, p. 55. pi. 5. fig. IG. 

 Eleotris nigra, Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 259. pi. 60. fig. 2 ; 



Cuv. Sr Val. xii. p. 233 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., 



Nalez. Ichth. Beng. p. 105. tab. 1. fig. 3. 



mauritianus, Benn. Proc. Comiti. Zool. Sac. i. p. 166. 



Culius niger, Bleek. Boeroe, p. 411. 



D. 6 ||. A. |. L. lat. 60-65. Vert. 11/14. 



Praeoperculum with a spine directed downwards. Sixteen series 

 of scales between the origins of the second dorsal and the anal fins. 

 The scales on the upper surface of the head are small, and advance 

 to the space between the eyes ; those on the cheeks are minute. 

 Scales ciUated. The height of the body is one-fifth of the total 

 length, the length of the head one-fourth. The eye occupies the 

 third seventh of the length of the head, and its vertical diameter is 

 one-third of the width of the interorbital space. Snout depressed, 

 short, with the lower jaw prominent ; the maxillary extends beyond 

 the vertical from the centre of the eye. Teeth vilhform, forming 

 bands ; those of the outer series enlarged, of rather unequal size. 

 Blackish -brown: the lateral scales sometimes with black centre, the 

 spots forming either more or less regular longitudinal series, or a 

 band along the middle of the side ; dorsal and caudal fins with di- 

 stinct, anal and pectoral fins with rather indistinct series of brown 

 dots. 



From Madagascar and Mauritius to Polynesia. 



a, b. Half-grown. Gange° Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq, 



c. Half-grown. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von 



Schlagintweit, 



d. Half-grown. Bay of Bengal. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 



gical Society. 

 (,f-g. Adult and young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h, i.. Fine specimens. Aneiteum (fresh water). From Mr. Mac- 



gillivray's Collection. 

 Jc-m, n. Adult and young. Oualan (fresh water). Voyage of the 



' Herald.' 



