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Identity and Synonymy. — We have compared these specimens with 

 an example of B. amhoiiiensis from the Andaman Islands, which was 

 identified by Dr. Day, and find no difference between them ; it must be 

 noted, however, that Day was not certain that his specimens were correctly 

 identified. We have examined the cotypes of Eleotris longicanda, De Vis, 

 which are similar to the specimens described above. 



Affinities. — B. amboincm^is differs from B. Jmfis, with an Indian 

 specimen of which we have compared it, in having a shorter maxilla, and 

 in having the outer row of teeth in each jaw enlarged. 



Locs. — We have examined specimens from the following localities. — 

 Brisbane River, Queensland. Strickland River, Papua. tFgi, Solomon 

 Islands. 



Genus AsTERROPTERIX, Biij^i^eU. 



Asterropterix, Riippell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 138 

 (A. seynipiiiirtafiis, Riippell). Id., Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U.S. 

 Fish. Comm., xxiii. i., 1905, p. 480. 



Br achy eleotris, Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amst. (2), viii., 1874. p. 374 (Eleotris 

 cyanostigma, Bleeker). 



Priolepis, Ehrenberg — fide Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., ix., 1874, p. 

 305. 



Asterropterix semipunctatds, Rilpjiell. 



Asterropterix semipunctattis, Riippell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 

 1828, p. 138, pi. xxxiv., fig. 4. Id., Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish. 

 Bureau, xxv., 1906, p. 385, pi. xxxvi., fig. 1. 



Eleotris cyanostigma, Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind., viii., 1855, p. 452. 

 Id., De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 693. Id., 

 Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxi., 1897, p. 753. 



Eleotriodes cyanostigma, Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind., xv., 1858, p. 460. 



Brachyeleotris cyanostigma, Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., ix., 1874, p 

 306. 



Eleotris semipunctatns, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, vi., 1877, p. 187, pi. cxi , 

 fig. d. 



Asterropteryx cyanostigma, Snyder, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm., xxii., 1904, p. 

 536. 



Asterropteryx semipunrtatus, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., 

 xxiii. i., 1905, p. 480. Id., Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus., iii., 1915, p. 

 125, pi. xxix., fig. 2. 



Locs. — This species has been recorded from Somerset, Cape York, by 

 De Vis., and from Bowen by Giinther. 



