IG 



GOBllD-E. 



1| to 2|^ tiiTiL'S iu interorbital width; lower jaw projecting; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; no canine teeth ; 

 no pritopercnlar spine. Dorsals VI, I 8, well separated from each 

 other, longest branched rays ^ to f length of head. Anal I 7, its origin 

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

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

 Caudal peduncle Ij to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 35-42 

 in longitudinal series, 12-1-i between dorsal and anal. Dark brown or 

 blackish, with or without yellowish spots, blotches, or irregular cross- 

 bars, soft dorsal and caudal with small black spots ; anal, and sometimes 

 also second dorsal, with a light edge. 



Total length 20(1 millini. 



East Africa to Polynesia. — Type in Paris Museum. 



l-;5, 4. All. iV yg. Zanxiliar. t?ir -T. Kirii (]'.). 



5-6. Ad. Mozambi(iiK'. >Sir L. riayl'uir (I'.). 



7. Ad. Hilliouctto Id., Seychelles, Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner 



fresh water. 

 8-10. All. Above C6te-il"0r. Praslin 



Id., Seychelles. 

 n-13. Ad.k iigr. Seyclielle?. 



11. All. Jolianua, I'onioro Idf-. 



(P.). 



Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



Fi-. 10. 





Elcotris opluoce[)luiJus. 

 India, after Day (1. c). 



(;■ 



10. ELEOTRIS MADAGASCAKIENSIS. 



Ciiv. k Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 240 (1837) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. Ill (ISGl) ; 



Bleek. Poiss. Madag. p. 46 (1875) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 378, 



pi. xviii. fig. 1 i xli..\. fig. 4 (18;tl). 



Body feebly comiiressed, its depth 5 to 5^ times in total length, length 



of head 3f to i\ times. Head longer than broad, scaly except on the 



snout ; a groove on each side behind the eye ; snout broad, rounded, not 



