ELKOTHIS. 15 



8. ELEOTHI.S LE0NEN8IS, sp. 11. 



Body sliglitly compressed, its doptli 4^ to o times in total loii^lli, 

 loiigtli of Ill-ad 3 to 3^ times. Head as broad as drop or sliglitlv 

 broader, naked ; snout broad, rounded, as long as eye, wliich is 4 times 

 in leiiijtb of licad and equals interorl)ital width ; lower jaw feebly 

 projecting; maxillary extending to below anterior tliird or centre 

 of eye ; no canine teeth ; no pnropercular spine. Dorsals VI, I 8, 

 narrowly sejiarated from each other, longest rays much shorter than 

 head. Anal I 7, opposite to second dorsal. Pectoral f length of Jicad, 

 longer than ventral. Caudal rounded, a little shorter than head. 

 Caudal peduncle If, times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 38-39 in 

 longitudinal scries, 13-14 between origin of dorsal and anal. Yellowish, 

 speckled with l)r(>wn. with seven ill-definrd brown cross-bands; a black 

 bar at tlie root of the caudal tin; vertical tins with small blackish spots. 



'J'otal hngtli 37 millim. 



Sierra I/otie. 



1-2. Typos. :\Iaka. N. W. Tli.inins. Esq. (P.). 



4-0 7-9. All. it li^r. riijuhuii ami Kciiciua. „ 



lU. Hgr. Victoria. „ 



!). ELEOTHIS OPHIUCEPHALUS. 

 Ciiv. & Vd. lli.-.t. Poiss. xii. p. 2;V.i (l.s:57) ; Blceij. Verli. Batav. Gen. xxii. 1840, 



110. ;i. p. 22; Giintli. t"nt. Fisli. iii. ]>. 107 (ISCl) ; Playf. ct (Jiiiitli. Fish. 



Zaiizili. p. T.\ (hstJt;) ; Day, Fisli. Lid. p. 312, j.l. Ixvii. liir. 2 (I,S7(;); (iihitli. 



Fish, t^iiilseo, ii. ji. 18'), pi. cxii. fij;. A (1877) : Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. 



p. ;57'.t, 1)1. xxxviii. fig. 8, & xli. A. fig. 'A (ISLH). 

 Eleotri.t 2^oroc('jJiahis, Vuv. k Val. t. c. ]i. 2:57; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Fi.-li. p. 111.") 



(IK'M); P>loek. Nat. Tijdsclir. NoJci-1. Iiid. v. 1,S.5;5, p. ;W4 ; Day, 1. c. fig. 1. 

 J'Jeotriis mar<jaritacea. Ciiv. K" Val. t. c. ]>. 2-i() ; Pk'ck. Nat. Tijdsrlu'. Xcdeil. iinl. 



viii. 1855, p. 45:5. 

 Eleotris porocep/ialoidi'f, HloL-k. Nat. Tijdsclir. Ncilcrl. iiul. v. 1^53, p. oil; Giiiuli. 



Cat. iii. ]). lOil. 

 /r/t'()/W,s- m/i^jm, Ciiiitii. t. c. p. 108; Kiicr, Sitzh. Ak. Wien, Iviii. i. ISdS. p. ;',28. 

 KIt'otvis madaijascariensis (nou Ciiv. k Val.), Playf. iV: (iiintli. 1. c. 

 (l/Jiiocam opldocephalus, Bleek. Versl. Ak. Aiiisterd. (2) xi. 1877, p. 28. 

 Oi'li'iocara poroceiihalus, Bleek. 1. c. 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 4 to -3 times in total length, length 

 of head 3 to 4 times. Head longer than broad, scaly above and on 

 the sides ; a groove on each side beliind the eye ; a series of groups of 

 papilht in a groove below lower jaw ; snout broad, rounded, 1 (young) 

 to IJ; times as long as eye, which is 4^ to G times in length of head and 



