18(3 On Freshvatcr Fishes from Palawan and Balahac, 



5. Eleotris huti's, Ham. Buch. 



Palawan, 



Freslnvaters and coasts of India to Southern China and the 

 wliole Malay Archipelago. liecorded from Palawan by 

 Vaillant. 



6. Eleotris fusca, Bl. Schn. 

 Palawan. 

 Coasts of the Indian Ocean (ascending rivers) to Polynesia. 



7. Asterropteryx Everetti^ sp. n. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3^ to 3| times in 

 total length. Head longer than deep ; diameter of eye equal 

 to length of snout, ^ length of head ; iuterorbifcal width f to 

 ^ length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior 

 border of eye. Dorsal VI, I 9 ; longest rays of first dorsal f 

 to I length of head, of second dorsal | to f . Anal 111; 

 longest rays f to f length of head. Pectoral -^ length of head. 

 27 or 28 scales in a longitudinal series, 8 or 9 between origin 

 of dorsal and origin of anal. Pale olive-brown ; a small 

 black humeral spot ; caudal faintly barred ; dorsals black in 

 the male, with round white spots, greyish in the female. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Six specimens from Palawan. 



This species is nearest allied to A. compressus, Kreflft, 

 from Queensland. 



8. Ophiocephalus melanosoma, Blkr. 

 Balabac. 

 Recorded from Borneo and Banka. 



9. Barhus palavajiensis, sp. n. 



Section Barbodes, Blkr. Depth of body 2| to 3 times in 

 total length, length of head 3f to 4 times. Snout rounded, 

 not prominent, a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 

 4^ to 5 times in length of head ; rostral barbel 1^ to 1| as 

 long as diameter of eye, a little shorter than maxillary barbel. 

 Dorsal III 8 ; spine strong, feebly serrated, its stiff portion 

 about half length of head, opposite to inner ventral ray, and 

 equally distant from end of snout and caudal fin. Anal III 5; 

 longest ray about | length of head. Scales 24-25 ^ ; 2^ scales 

 between lateral line and base of ventral. Olive above, yel- 

 lowish beneath ; tiiree more or less distinct round blackish 

 spots on each side, the first just above tiie lateral line between 

 the origin of the dorsal and the base of the ventral, the second 



