10 



27-:50. A.l. A: li^r. 

 •M-U. A.I. 

 3.3-;37. Ad. 



gobiid.t:. 



Forctulos, S. Nigori;i. 

 Cliiloiinoo Town. 

 S. Nicolas ]{., Little Fi.-li 

 Bay, Angola. 



A. E. Kitson, Esq. (1'.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorgc (('.). 

 .T. .1. Monteiio, Esq. (P- 



2. ELEOTRIS PLEUROPS. 

 Poulong. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iii. rjd'.t, p. 42. 



F>o(ly rntlicr strongly compressed, its (k-pth 3 times in total length, 

 Icnsth of head 3^ times. Head as broad as deeii, Hat above, the 

 -whole upper surface and sides scaly ; snout broad, truncate, as long 

 as eye; eye perfectly lateral, 4 times in length of head and twice in 

 intcrorbital width ; lower jaw not projecting ; maxillary not quite 



Fiff. 5. 



Klrntris phurops. 

 Tv pe. 



reaching to below anterior border of eye; no canine teeth.; no pne- 

 opercular spine. Dorsals VII, I 8, narrowly separated from each other, 

 longest rays I length of head. Anal I 10, opposite to second dorsal. 

 Pectoral f length of head, ventral f. Caudal rounded-subacuminate, 

 as long as head. Caudal peduncle H times as long as deep. Scales 

 strongly ciliated, 32 in a longitudinal series, 10 betwreii origin of 

 dorsal and anal. Dark brown, lighter on the belly ; fins brown, dorsals 

 with round whitish spots. 



Total length 7-5 millim. 



Lower Niger. 

 1. Tviio. Lower Nigor. ^Ir. J. Paul Arnold (V.). 



3. ELEOTRIS BUTIS. 

 Che'ilodiplerus hulls, Hani. Buclian. Fish. Ganges, p. 57 (1822) ; Gray & Hardw. 



111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. xciii. fig. 3 (18;U). 

 FAeolns huneraUs, Q\\\. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 21(5 (18:57); Bieek. Verli. 



Batav. Gen. xxii. IS^t, no. .'!, p. 22. 



