261- RECORDS OF THE ACSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Valenciennea lineata, Castehmv. 



Eleotrix liiieatiij Castelnan, Res. Fish. Austr. (Vict. Offic. Rec. Pliilad. 

 Exhib.), 1875, p. 24. Id., Macleay, Pioc. Liiin. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 

 1881, p. (J23— part. 



Eleotrin nigrifiUs, Ogilby, Proc. Liiiii. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxi., 1897, p. 754 — 

 sub.stitute name for E. lincntn, cousidered to be preoccupied by 

 Dorniitdtor liticutn, Gill, 1863. 



This species is allied to, and probably identical with either V. inuraJis 

 or ]'. loiiijijiiuui!'. Casteliiau connted fourteen dorsal and anal rays, us 

 against thirteen in those species, but their posterior rays are so deeply 

 divided that they iniglit each be counted as two. The fourth dorsal spine 

 being longer than the third suggests the identity of V. liiicntn with V. 

 lotKjipinnis, but the colour-marking was apparently more like that of 1'. 



hoc. — Cape York (Castelnau). 



Genus Odonteleotris, Gill. 



Odonteleotris, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1863, p. 270 (Eleotrls 

 viacrodouy Bleeker). 



Body covered with very small cycloid scales, which extend onto the 

 head to before the eyes, and cover tlie cheeks and opercles. Cheeks witli 

 prominent rows of minute mucigerous papillae. Snout obtuse, mandible 

 projecting; mouth oblique, rather large. No barbies ; anteiior nostril in 

 a lai'ge tube overhanging the lip. A narrow band of villiform teeth in 

 each jaw, and some enlarged inner ones on the sides ; several strong canines 

 in front of each jaw. Tongue rounded and free anteriorly. Gill-openings 

 extending a little forward below, but separated by a wide interspace ; 

 exposed edge of shoulder-girdle smooth, with a free dermal membrane. 

 Pseudobranchiw present ; about seven slender gill-rakeis on the anterior 

 maigin of the first arch. Dorsal fins short, with about vi/11 rays ; anal 

 similar to the soft dorsal, with about 9 I'ays. Pectoral without free rays; 

 ventrals separate, with i/5 rays. Caudal rounded. 



Odonteleotris macrodon, Bleeker. 



Eleotris macrodon, Bleeker, Veih. Bat. Gen., xxv., 1853, p. 104, pi. ii., 

 fig. 1. Id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 129. Id., 

 Day, Fish. India, 1876, p. 311, pi. Ixv., fig. 3. Id., Klunzinger, 

 Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxx. i., 1879, p. 385. Id., Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 34. 



Odonteleotris viacrodn)), Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amst. (2), xi., 1877, p. 14. 



Loc. — This species has been recognised from Port Darwin by 

 Khmzinger. An example from Dr. Day's collection is in the Australian 

 Museum from Akyab, India. 



