26S RECORDS OK THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Eleotris kusca, BIocli ^5' Schneider. 



Voerilia fnai-ii, Blocli & Scliiieider, Syst. Ichtli., 1801, p. ISM. 



Gobilix imrijii-d, Forster, in Blocli & Schueider, Ibid., and Descr. Aiiini. 



(ed. Lichtensteiii), IS-ii, {>. 235. 

 Oheilodipterus ciiliits, Bucliaiian, Fisli. Ganges, 1822, pp. 55, 367, pi. v., 



fig. 16. 

 Eleotris niijra, Qaoy & Gainiaid, Voy. " Uranie", Zool., 1824', p. 259, pi. 



Ix., fig. 2. Id., Cuviei- & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., .\ii., 1837, 



p. 233. 

 Eleotris maiiritiaiius, Bennett, Pi-oc. Coniin. Zool. See, i., 1831, p. 166. 

 Eleotris hrucliynrus, Bleekei-, Verli. Batav. Gen., x.xii., 1849, Bienn. en 



Gob., p. 20. 

 Eleotris melannrits, Bleeker, Ihid., p. 21. 

 Eleotris pseadacauthojtODuis, Bleekei', Nat. Tijds. Nederl. Ind., iv., 1853, 



p. 276. 

 Calius uiijcr, Bleeker, Ibid., xi., 1856, p. 411. 

 Culius pseudacanthopomns, Bleeker, Ibid. 



Eleotris incerta, BIytli, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1860, p. 146. 

 Eleotris fusea, Giintlier, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fisli., iii., 1861, p. 125, and Ann. 



Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), xx., 1867, p. 62. Id., Day, Fisli. Malabar, 1865, 



p. 115. Id., Kner, Zool. " Novara," i., Fiscli., pt. 2, 1865, p. 186. 



Id., Playfair, Fisli. Zanz., 1866, p. 74. Id., Day, Fisli. India, 1876, 



p. 313, pi. Ixv., tig. 7. Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 



1881, p. 623. Id., Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxii., 1898, 



J). 791. Id., Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Fisli. Bureau, xxv., 1906, 



p. 383. 

 Culins fusciis, Jileeker, Versl. Akad. Anist., xiv., 1862, p. Ill, and Aicli. 



Nrerl. Sci. Nat., ix., 1874, p. 303. Id., Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Anist. 



(2), xi., 1877, p. 40. 

 Eleotris soaresi, Playfair, Fisli. Zanz., 1866, p. 74, pi. ix., fig. 4. 



D. vi/9; A. 9; P. 18; V. i/5: C. 15. 62 scales between the axil 

 and the liypural joint, and 19 between the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth before the ventrals 43 in the length from the preniaxillary 

 syniphyKis to the liypural joint; head, without the mandible or the ojier- 

 cular lobe, 3 in the same. Kye 5'5 in the head, a little shorter than the snout, 

 and 1"6 in the interocular space ; suout 4'8 in the head. The length of 

 the caudal peduncle is to its depth as 3 is to 2 ; breadth before the pectoral 

 bases 1"08 in the depth. Thiid dorsal spine 22, and the penultimate 

 dorsal and anal rays 16 in the head ; pectoral 1*3, and caudal 1"1 in the 

 head. 



Head broader than deep, and covered with thick mucous which 

 obscures the scales beneath it ; these are piesent on the cheeks and opercles, 

 and they extend forward to between the eyes on the upper surface of the 

 head. The upjier, lateral, and lower surfaces of the head are coveied 

 with many intersecting lines of microscopic mucigerous papilla", which 

 are most abundant around the eye ; no enlarged open pores. Preoperculum 

 with a stout autrorse spine at its angle. Eye rather small, superolateral ; 



