14, ELEOTRIS. 127 



y. Some of the branchioategals terminating in a spine anteriorly : 



Belobnuichus, Bleek. 



37. Eleotris belobrancha. 



Eleotris belobranch|, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 243 ; Blcck. Celebes, iv. p. 1G7. 

 Belobranchus quoyi, Bleek. Bah) p. 300. 



B. 6. D. 6 1 1. A. |. L. lat. 70. Veit. 10/15. 



Praeoperculum without spine ; two spines behind the angle of the 

 lower jaw, belonging to the first and second branchiostegals. Head 

 naked. Scales minutely ciliated. The height of the body is one- 

 seventh of the total length, the length of the head one-fourth. The 

 diameter of the eye is one-seventh or one-sixtU of the length of 

 the head, and two-thirds of, or equal to, the width of the inter- 

 orbital space. Snout very obtuse, with the jaws nearly equal ; the 

 maxillary extends to beyond the vertical from the posterior margin of 

 the orbit. Teeth villiform, those of the outer series rather stronger. 

 The iipper pectoral rays silk-like. Brownish, with darker stripes 

 along the series of scales ; fins red, ■nith brown dots on the rays ; 

 pectoral with a large brown spot on the base. 



Fresh waters of Celebes, Batjan, and Coram. 



a. Adult. Coram. From the Collection of Madame Ida Pfeiffer. 



38. Eleotris taenioptera. 

 Belobranchus taeniopterus, Bleek. Bali, p. 301. 



B. 6. D. 6 1 1. A. |. L. lat. 65. 



Praeoperculum without spine ; the first branchiostcgal anteriorly 

 ending in a spine. Head naked ; scales ctenoid. The height of the 

 body is contained six times and a half or seven times in the total 

 length, the length of the head four times and two-fifths or four times 

 and three-fourths. The diameter of the eye is two-sevenths of the 

 length of the head, and much more than the width of the interorbital 

 space. Snout obtuse, much shorter than the eye, with the jaws 

 nearly equal ; the maxillary extends to below the middle of the 

 eye. Teeth villiform, those of the outer series rather stronger. The 

 upper pectoral rays silk-like. Brownish, with lighter cross-bands ; 

 three or four brown streaks run from the eye towards the opercles ; 

 fins yellow : the spinous dorsal with two curved blackish bands, 

 parallel to the upper margin ; the soft dorsal with four or five, the 

 anal with three or four brown longitudinal bands ; caudal and pec- 

 toral with brown cross-bars. {Bl.) 



Hi vers of Bali and Batjan. 



6. An ocellated spot on the base of the caudal fin, 

 a. Vomerine teeth : Bostrichthys, Gill. 



39. Eleotris sinensis. 



14. fiff. 2. 



Bo.strychus sinensis, Lacep. iii. p. 141. pi. 

 Gobius sinen.sis, Cvv. Sc Val. xii. p. 94. 



