OPHIOCARA 69 



that O. hoedti is the young of O. aporos, since specimens of the 

 same size may vary within the limits here given. 



This species has been previously recorded in the Philippines 

 from Loquilocon and Basey River, Samar; Palawan; Balabac; 

 Mindoro ; and Sibuyan. It occurs in the sea and in f resh-water 

 lakes and streams from Sumatra to the Fiji Islands. 



Sauvage described an eleotrid from Manila, under the name 

 Eleotris (Giurus) laglaizei. His imperfect diagnosis does not 

 agree with any fish known to me, but apparently comes nearest 

 to Ophiocara aporos. He gives the formula D. VI-1-6; A. 1-7; 

 1. lat. 30; his specimen was 135 millimeters long. 



24. OPHIOCARA POROCEPHALA (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



PLATE 5, FIG. 3 



Eleotris porocephala CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 12 



(1837) 178. 

 Ophiocara porocephatus BLEEKER, Rev. Especes Eleotriformes, Versl. 



Akad. Amsterdam 11 (1877) 30. 

 Ophiocara porocephala JORDAN and RICHARDSON, Bull. Bur. Fisheries 



27 (1908) 274. 



Eleotris porocephalus DAY, Fishes of India (1878) 312, pi. 167, fig. 1. 

 Eleotris ophiocephaltis GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 



107; PETERS, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1868) 268; SEALE 



and BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 33 (1908) 248. 

 Ophiocara ophiocephalus GILL, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (1863) 



270; BLEEKER, Rev. Especes Eleotriformes, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam 



11 (1877) 29. 

 Eleotris porocephaloides BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 5 (1853) 511; 



GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 109. 

 Eleotris cantoris GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 108. 



Bicol name, palu; Ibanag names, palace, baranog; local name 

 on Busuanga Island, paku. 



Dorsal VI, 1-8 or 9; anal I, 7 or 8; there are from 35 to 40 

 scales in a longitudinal series from the upper angle of the gill 

 slit to the caudal fin, and 12 to 14 in a transverse series from 

 the origin of the second dorsal to that of the anal; there are 

 from 22 to 26 rows of scales before the first dorsal. On the 

 snout is a large pore on the inner side of each nostril ; there are 

 two pores above each eye and a large pore is just behind each 

 eye; on the lower posterior margins of the preopercle are five 

 large pores, of which at least three are conspicuous; on the 

 supraopercular groove are at least three pores. 



