ON THE ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE SEAS OF CHINA AND JAPAN. 209 
Examples of this species exist in the British Museum and in the collection of the Cambridge 
Philosophical Society, procured at Macao by John Reeves, Esq. and the Rev. George Vachell. 
The College of Surgeons also possesses specimens obtained at Woosung in the estuary of 
Yang tse kiang by Sir Everard Home. The species has much resemblance to the Gobius viridis 
of Buchanan Hamilton, pl. 32. f. 12 (Boleophthalmus viridis of the ‘ Histoire des Poissons,’ 
xii. p. 213), in form and also in the spotting, but the colours differ, and the Indian fish has a 
higher profile. It is probably the species noticed from a Chinese painting in the ‘ Histoire 
des Poissons’ (xii. p. 215) as bearing a resemblance to B. histiophorus. 
Hab. China seas. Macao. Muddy places, Whampoa. Woosung. 
BoLEOPHTHALMUS CHINENSIS, C. et V. xii. p. 215. 
Described solely from a Chinese painting as having a high pointed first dorsal, and a gray 
body sprinkled with brown specks, and more scattered clusters of white and green points; 
also four deep gray bands on the bases of the pectorals. 
Hab. Canton. 
BoLrorHTHALMus sInicus, C. et V. xii. p. 215. 
Also described from a drawing. It is grayish-brown, dotted finely with the same, and 
marked by scattered green spots and points. The pectorals are tinged with orange. 
+ Hab. Canton. 
BoLroPHTHALMUS CAMPYLOSTOMUS, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 3. 52’ 
Hardw. Acanth. 290. Chinese name, Peth how how, “ Bent-mouth dog” 
(Birch) ; “ Broken-mouthed dog” (Reeves); Mah hau kau (Bridgem. 
Chrest. 71). 
Of this fish we have seen no specimen, and it may eventually prove to be one of the pre- 
ceding two species, but the colours and markings do not correspond with the little that is said 
of them. It is a less slender fish than the B. aucupatorius, and has a comparatively low first 
dorsal, with a shorter though acute caudal fin.. It has a yellowish-brown colour above the ° 
middle line, with crowded darker specks of the same and a flesh-red tint below, also mottled 
on the flanks with darker purplish dots. The belly before the vent and the cheeks are un- 
spotted. The base of the pectoral is dark, the ventrals and anal are ochraceous, and the other 
fins are pale gray or dilute broecoli-brown. A single black spot tips the second dorsal pos- 
teriorly. 
Hab. Canton. 
ELEoTRIS FLAMMANS, Cantor, Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 29. “ Rad. B. 6; 
D.6|-1|10; A. 1]9; C.15; P.18; V.1)5.” (Cantor.) 
“ E. superne violaceo-brunneus; ald dorsali anteriori fasciis tribus wndulatis violaceis, 
flammeo-marginatd ; posteriori fasciis undulatis quatuor nigris, radiis alarum aurantiacis, 
apicibus nonnullis flammeis, aliis nigris ; ald caudali violaceo-canescenti, fasciis tribus ceruleis, 
radiorum flavorum apicibus flavis; ald anali aurantiacd, fasciis quinque nigris undulatis, 
radiorum brunneorum apicibus nigris; alis ventralibus pectoralibusque pallide violaceis, radi- 
orum flavorum apicibus nigris.” 
“ Hab, Chusan, canals and estuaries.” (Cantor, J, c.) 
ELEOTRIS CANTHERIUS, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 114; Hardw. Acanth. 
279. Chinese name, Neen yu (Reeves); Neen u (Bridgem. Chrest. 76). 
Rad. D.6|-9; A.8; C.14; P.12; V.1|5 (ex figura). 
The ground colour of this fish is deep yellowish-brown with blackish-brown reticulations, 
corresponding in size to the scales, and defined above by a dark line running from the eye 
along the upper quarter of the height to the caudal. The areas of the meshes are paler. A. 
short blackish bar runs backwards from the lower part of the eye to the preoperculum, and 
there are some crowded blackish-brown dots on the gill-plate. The dorsals, anals and ven- 
trals have a pale neutral tint colour (bluish or pearl-gray). The first dorsal is crossed by 
three branching and undulating lines, and the second dorsal by eight pairs of blue waving 
lines. The anal and ventrals are marked along each ray by a crowded series of small blue 
arrow-heads or chevrons. The caudal is also marked with chevrons, but they are orange- 
* brown and umber, and the ground tint of the fin corresponds with that of the body. ‘The 
pectoral is wood-brown or buff, with blackish dots on the rays. 
| Hab. Macao. 
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