ELEOTRIS. y 



II. A strong unhorse spine ;it angle of prjEoin-roulnni ; !>. VI, 1 8 ; A. I S ; 

 40 scales or more in longitudinal series. 

 Se. lO-oO; caudal iicduncle If to 2 times as 



long as deep 12. Z. c/^^t/rf, A. Duin., p. 18. 



Sc. ()0-70 : caudal jieduncio twice as long as 



deep 13. /:. monteiri, 0"Sii., p. 20. 



Se. (10-78; caudal peduncle l.| to H times as 



long as deep 1 1- /?. .^.^•'■rt, BI. ?^clin.. p. 21. 



1. ELEOTKIS LEBRETOXI. 

 Steind. Sitzl). Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1870, p. 'J17, pi. i. iigs. 3 .t 4. 



Body ratlier strongly compressed, its depth nearly ecpial to length of 

 head, 3^ to 3i times in total length. Head much deeper than broad, 

 fiat above, upper surface and sides scaly; snout broad, truncate, as 

 long as or slightly longer than eye; eye perfectly lateral, i to 4| times 



Eleod-is lehretoui. 

 Type, after Steindacliner (L c). 



in length of head and 1| to 2 times in interorbital width ; lower jaw 

 not or but slightly projecting; maxillary not extending beyond vertical 

 of anterior border of eye ; no canine teeth ; no proeopcrcular spine. 

 Dorsals VlI-VllT, I 8-9, narrowly separated from each other, longest 

 soft rays f to 1^ times length of head. Anal I 9-10, opposite to second 

 dorsal. Pectoral f to once length of head, as long as or a little longer 

 tlian ventral. Caudal rounded, as long as or a little longer than head. 

 Caudal peduncle 1| to 2 times as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, 

 28-32 in longitudinal series, 8-10 between origin of dorsal and anal. 

 Urownish with dark spots forming a more or less regular lateral series, 

 or dark olive-brown with yellowish spots or vertical bars on the sides ; 

 fins with numerous small dark spots. 



Total length 115 millini. 



Senegambia to Angola. — 'J'ypcs in Vienna Museum. 



1-0. Hgr. & yg. 8t.. Loui<, Senegal. U. V. r)<dlie/. (C). 



7-2G. llgr. .^- yg. Lagos. jMajor (J. E. Bruce (P.). 



