CONTENTS 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



INTRODUCTION _ 15 



ORDER GOBIOIDEA 19 



FAMILY RHYACICHTHYID.S 21 



Genus 1. Rhyacichthys Boulenger 22 



1. Rhyacichthys aspro (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) 22 



Family Eleotridae 25 



Genus 2. Asterropteryx Riippell 27 



2. Asterropteryx everetti Boulenger 28 



3. Asterropteryx semipunctatus Riippell 28 



Genus 3. Eleotris (Gronow) Bloch and Schneider 29 



4. Eleotris fusca (Bloch and Schneider) 30 



5. Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker 33 



Genus 4. Belobranchus Bleeker 35 



6. Belobranchus belobrancha (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 36 



Genus 5. Hypseleotris Gill 37 



7. Hypseleotris agilis sp. nov 38 



8. Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 38 



9. Hypseleotris bipartita sp. nov 39 



10. Hypseleotris modestus (Bleeker) 41 



11. Hypseleotris pangel sp. nov 42 



Genus 6. Bostrichthys Dumeril - 43 



12. Bostrichthys sinensis (Lacepede) 43 



Genus 7. Gobiomorphus Gill 45 



13. Gobiomorphus illotus sp. nov 45 



Genus 8. Butis Bleeker 46 



14. Butis amboinensis Bleeker 46 



15. Butis butis (Buchanan Hamilton) 48 



16. Butis gymnopomus Bleeker 51 



Genus 9. Prionobutis Bleeker ~ 52 



17. Prionobutis koilomatodon Bleeker 52 



Genus 10. Odontobutis Bleeker 54 



18. Odontobutis obscura (Schlegel) 55 



Genus 11. Paloa g. nov - - 56 



19. Paloa polylepis sp. nov 56 



Genus 12. Boroda g. nov 58 



20. Boroda albo-oculata sp. nov 58 



21. Boroda expatria sp. nov 59 



Genus 13. Bunaka g. nov 60 



22. Bunaka pinguis sp. nov 61 



Genus 14. Ophiocara Gill - 65 



23. Ophiocara aporos Bleeker 65 



24. Ophiocara porocephala (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 69 



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