422 | Mr. C. T. Regan on 
Eleotrida. 
Eleotris fusca, Bloch. 
Ambilo and Lake Rasoabé, E. Madagascar; Andranolaho, 
S.W. Madagascar. 
Eleotris legendrei, Pellegr. 
Ambilo, Lake Alaotra, Ambohidratrimo and Ambato- 
haranana, KE. Madagascar. 
Eleotris tohizone, Steind. 
Lake Alaotra. 
Gobiide. 
Gobius eneofuscus, Peters. 
Ambatoharanana, E. Madagascar; Maroamalona, S.W. 
Madagascar. 
Gobius giuris, Ham. Buchan. 
Ambilo, E. Madagascar ; Andranolaho and Maroamalona, 
S.W. Madagascar. 
II. THe MADAGASCAR CICHLIDA. 
The Cichlid fishes of Madagascar belong to three endemic 
genera, which are defined below. 
1, ParativariA, Bleek., 1868 (type P. pollent, Bleck.). 
Dorsal X-XIJI- 9-12. Anai III 8-11. Scales cycloid or 
feebly denticulate, large (28-30) ; two lateral lines. Mouth 
terminal ; end of maxillary exposed ; teeth in jaws conical, 
in 3 to 5 series, outermost enlarged. Lower pharyngeals 
united by a straight suture to form a triangular plate; ante- 
rior teeth conical, posterior somewhat compressed and indis- 
tinctly bicuspid, hooked. Occipital and parietal crests ending 
above middle of orbits ; a broad.nedian depression in anterior 
part of frontals. Posterior part of parasphenoid forming a 
strong apophysis, compressed antero-posteriorly, ending in 
a pair of transverse oval facets for articulation of the upper 
pharyngeals. Vertebre 27 (13414); third with paired 
inferior apophyses ; preecaudals with parapoplyses from the 
fourth ; ribs subsessile. 
Madagascar ; a single species. 
