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Mr. C. T. Recran on the 



Family 1. Eleotridae. 



Pelvic fins separate. Palatine with an asconding stem 

 articulating directly with a lateral ethmoid apopliysis behind 

 the origin of the maxillary process; mesopterygoid narrow, 



Fig. 1. 

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Eleotris marmorata. Lower jaw, hyo-palatiue and opercular bones, 

 and skull seen from above and from below. 



d, dentary ; ar, articulare ; an, angulare ; pal, palatine ; j)t, pterygoid ; 

 ins, mesoptervgoid ; int, metapterygoid ; q, quadrate ; hm, hyo- 

 mandibular ; sy, symplectic ; pop, praeoperculum ; op, operculum ; 

 sop, suboperculum; iop, interoperculum ; pror, prfeorbital ; n, nasal ; 

 V, vomer ; eth, mesethmoid ; lefli, lateral ethmoid ; f, frontal ; spo, 

 sphenotic ; pro, pro-otic ; pto, pterotic ; ojjo, opisthotic ; epo, epiotic ; 

 2)sp, parasplienoid ; boc, basioccipital ; eoc, exoccipital; sac, supra- 

 occipital ; 2^tt€) post-temporal. 



but well developed. Hypercoracold and hypocoracoid well 

 developed ; radials inserted on hypercoracoid, hypocoracoid, 

 and on the ligamentous or cartilaginous tissue between these 

 bones. Vertebrre 25 to 28 (10-12 + ] 4-17). 



