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Mr. C. T. Reirau on the 



Family 1. Eleotridae. 



Pelvic fins separate. Palatine with an asconding stem 

 articulating directly with a lateral ethmoid apophysis behind 

 the origin of the maxillary process ; raesopterygoid narrow, 



Fior. 1. 



777S ml ^TH 





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ILleotris marmorata. Lower jaw, hvo-palatiue and opercular bones, 

 and skull seen from above and from below. 



d, dentary ; ar, articulare ; an, angulare ; pal, palatine ; pt, pterygoid ; 

 ins, mesoptervgoid ; mt, metapterygoid ; y, quadrate; hm, hyo- 

 mandibular ; sy, symplectio ; lH>f, pra^operculum ; op, operculum ; 

 «o;>, suboperculum; ?o;), interoperculum ; ;>;w, pra?orbital ; //, nasal ; 

 I', vomer; e///, mesetlimoid ; leth, lateral etbmoid;_f, frontal; spo, 

 Bphenotic ; pro, pro-otic ; pto, pterotic ; opo, opisthotie ; epo, epiotic ; 

 pi^p, parasplienoid ; hoc, basioccipital ; coc, exoccipitAl ; soc, supra- 

 occipital ; pttc, post-temporal. 



but well developed, liypercoracoid and hypocoracoid well 

 developed ; radials inserted on liypercoracoid, hypocoracoid, 

 and on the ligamentous or cartilaginous tissue between these 

 bones. Vertebrte 25 to 28 (10-12 + U-17). 



