484 Dr. Cantor on the Flora and Fauna of Chusan. 



Grrayish brown above, with numerous large conical tubercles with 

 black points ; the sides grayish lilac ; the abdominal surface bufF, 

 speckled with black. 



4. PISCES. 



ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Pharynginse labyrinthiformes. 



Anabas scundens, Cuv. 



*Macropodus ocellatus. M. brunneus, lateribus violaceis, post- 

 operculo nigro ocellato ; ala dorsali analique longissima ejusdem fere 

 magnitudinis, rufa, serugine marginata necnon punctata, radiorum 

 moUium apicibus nigris ; ala caudali late lanceolata, scarlatina seru- 

 gine maculata. 



D. 17 + 8; C. 12; A. 20 + 12; V. 1 + 5 ; P. 11 ; Br. 4. 



Habitat. Streamlets and canals. 



Brownish, with lilac sides, and a black ocellated spot on the gill- 

 cover ; the dorsal and anal fins very elongated, nearly of equal size, 

 of a reddish colour edged and spotted with verdigris ; their soft rays 

 M'ith black points ; the caudal fins broad, lanceolate, of scarlet colour 

 with verdigris spots. 



* Ophicephalus argus. O. dorso lateribusque viridi-brunnescenti- 

 bus, abdomine albo-rufescenti, ocellis crebris nigris lateralibus, supra 

 lineam lateralem albo-marginatis ; pinnis flavis, nigio-maculatis. 

 D. 49 ; C. 14 ; A. 33 ; V. 1 + 5 ; P. 16 ; Br. 5. 



Habitat. Streamlets, estuaries. 



Brownish green back and sides, reddish white abdomen. Nume- 

 rous black ocellated spots edged with white above the lateral line ; 

 fins yellow, spotted with black. 



MuGILIDiE. 



Mugil cephalotus, Cuv. 

 Habitat. Estuaries and sea. 



GOBIOIDES. 



*PeriophthaImus modestus. P. brunneus, cinereo marmoratus ; 

 abdomine albo-caerulescenti, alis pallide flavis ; dorsali anterior! fas- 

 ciis nigris duabus ornata; radiis alarum nigro-punctatis. 



D. 13 + 112; C. 13; A. 1 + 11 ; V. 1 + 5 ; P. 11 ; Br. 2. 



Habitat. Along the coasts and banks of canals. 



Brownish marbled with gray, minutely spotted with black. Ab- 

 domen bluish white. Fins faint yellow. The first dorsal with two 

 black bands, the second with a black band and the rays with black 

 spots. The caudal, ventral and pectoral with similar spots. 



*Eleotris flammans. E. superne violaceo-brunneus ; ala dorsali 

 anteriori fasciis tribus undulatis violaceis, tiammeo-marginata ; pos- 

 teriore fasciis undulatis quatuor nigris, radiis alarum aurantiacis, 

 apicibus nonnullis flammeis, aliis nigris ; ala caudali violaceo-canes- 

 centi, fasciis tribus caeruleis, radiorum flavorum apicibus flavis ; ala 

 anali aurantiaca, fasciis quinque nigris undulatis, radiorum brunne- 



