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spine a little less than the depth; the second dorsal and anal 

 similar in outline and rather low ; the caudal rounded and equal 

 to head in length ; the scales on sides ctenoid. 



The color in alcohol yellowish brown, with eight or more dark 

 brown spots, made up of many fine specks, on head, and two sim- 

 ilar spots on base of pectoral ; two short dark brown bands over 

 nuchal region, and eight faint bands on ventral and dorsal sur- 

 faces which scarcely extend upon the sides ; a dark spot on side 

 of caudal peduncle; the dorsals, anal, and caudal marked by 

 dark punctulations, first dorsal distinctly barred. 



Here described from the type and only specimen, No. 7372 

 Bureau of Science collection, 13 millimeters in length or 17 

 millimeters over all, obtained by Alvin Seale at Puerto Galera, 

 Mindoro. This minute fish seems to be distinct from the other 

 species of this genus known from the East Indies and Samoa. 



Genus 16. OXYELEOTRIS Bleeker 



Oxyeleotris BLEEKER, Esq. Syst. Nat. Gobioides, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat. 

 9 (1874) 302; Rev. Especes Eleotriformes, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam 

 11 (1877) 21. 



The subelongate to elongate body is cylindrical anteriorly. The head 

 is acutely depressed above, densely scaled on the sides, not bearing spines. 

 The scales of the trunk are ctenoid, 60 to 90 in a longitudinal series. The 

 teeth in each jaw are in few rows, the upper jaw with a longer outer row, 

 the lower jaw with the outer row longer anteriorly and the inner row 

 conspicuously longer posteriorly, without true canines. The lower jaw is 

 prominent, the mouth oblique. The gill openings are separated by a medium 

 isthmus. Dorsal VI-I-8 to 10; anal I 8 to 9. [Bleeker.] 



I have seen no specimen of this genus. 



27. OXYELEOTRIS MARMORATA Bleeker 



Eleotris marmorata BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 3 (1852) 424; 



GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 123; A. B. MEYER, Ann., 



Soc. Espana Hist. Nat. 14 (1885) 30. 

 Oxyeleotris marmorata BLEEKER, Rev. Especes Eleotriformes, Versl. 



Akad. Amsterdam 11 (1877) 22. 



Dorsal VI, 1-9 -or 10; anal I, 8 or 9; there are 85 to 90 scales 

 in a longitudinal series and 22 to 25 in a transverse series ; about 

 70 scales between the first dorsal and the snout. 



The elongate body cylindrical anteriorly, compressed poste- 

 riorly, its depth 5.5 to 6 times in its length ; the depressed pointed 

 head 3 to 4 times in the length ; the profile of snout convex, the 

 supraorbital space concave; the eye from 7 to 9 times in length 



