ELEOTRIS. 



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Eleotris hiili.<, (\intor, Cat. Mai. Fisli. p. VM\ (1850) ; Giiiitlu C":il. Fisli, iii. p. l\C, 

 {\^C,\) ; VUyf. & Giiiitli. Fisli. Zanzili. p. 7:5 (LStlC); Day, Fisli. Iml. p. 315, 

 pi. Ixvii. fig. 3 (187G) ; Steiiid. Sitzli. Ak. Wieii, Ixxxii. i. l.'^.Sl, p. -'11. 



Eleotris melanopterus, Bleek. Nat. Tij(l.sclir. Noderl. Iiul. iii. 1852, p. TOlJ. 



Ihitis mehiiio/iteriis, Blcek. Ncderl. Tijilsc-lir. Dierk. ii. 18(J5, p. 150. 



Jiiitis Ixilis, Blcek. Vei>l. Ak. Amstcrd. (2) xi. 1877, p. (;2. 



Eleotris biitis, part., 8auv. lli-t. Madag., Poiss. p. 380 (1891). 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 4j to -j times in total leiigtli, 

 length of head 2^ to 3 times. Head mucli depressed, flat abo^e, 

 broader than deep, nearly twice as long as broad, nearly entirely scaly, 

 with tinoly serrated ridges labove ; a groove on each side behind the 

 eye ; snout broad, rounded, 1^ (young) to 2 times as long as eye, which 



TiK. 6. 



Khotrts l/iitis. 

 India, after Day (nj>. cit.). |. 



is 5 to Gh times in length of head and 1 to 1| times in interorbital 

 width ; lower jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to below anterior 

 third or centre of eye ; no canine teeth ; no praeopercular spine. 

 Dorsals \I, I 8, rather widely separated from each other, longest 

 branched rays ^ to | length of head. Anal I 8, its origin slightly 

 behind that of dorsal. Pectoral f to | length of head, longer than 

 ventral. Caudal rounded, sliortcr than head. Caudal peduncle If to 

 2j times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 29-32 in longitudinal series, 

 10-11 between dorsal and anal. Brown, fins with small dark and light 

 spots; anal with a light edge; a large black spot, between two light 

 ones, at the base of the pectoral. 

 Total lenjjth 135 millini. 



East Africa to Malay Archipelago *. 



1. Ad. 



Jolianna, Comoro Ids. 



Sir L. riayfair (P.). 



* 111 this, as ill other species of wide distribiitioii, only African specimens are listed. 



