1864.] MR. G. KREFFT ON NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 183 
(Megalops setipinnis, Rich.), were taken with hook and line. The 
last-mentioned species affords a good deal of sport, as it will rise to a 
fly. I mention this fact, as some authors have denied that fly-fishing 
existed in Australia. ' 
The genus Eleotris I found well represented in this river; and I 
give a short description of four new species. 
ELEOTRIS COXII, sp. nov. 
D.C. >. A. 1/9. L. lat. 36 to 38. 
Twelve series of scales between the origin of the posterior dorsal 
and the anal. Head scaly ; snout obtuse, with the lower jaw promi- 
nent. The height of the body is contained five times and a quarter 
in the total length; the length of the head more than four times; 
the horizontal diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the length of the 
head, and equal to the width of the interorbital space. 
Coloration bright yellow; upper part and sides finely punctured 
with black, forming a broad, sometimes indistiuct streak upon the 
sides. Dorsals and pectorals bright yellow at the base, the first 
punctured with black; belly whitish. Teeth villiform, in broad 
bands. Anal papilla large, somewhat longer than broad. 
Total length 5+ inches. 
Hab. Lagoon near Bronte, Upper Hawkesbury River. 
ELEorTRIS oh ciate oe nov. 
Dong) An. ge Ma: Lats 332s 
Eight series of scales between the origin of the posterior dorsal 
fin and the anal. Head scaly, as far as the snout, obtuse; lower 
jaw prominent; teeth in villiform bands. The height of the body 
is contained four times and a half in the total length, and the head 
four times and a quarter; the horizontal diameter of the eye is one- 
half the width of the interorbital space. General coloration yel- 
lowish brown, covered with minute black spots, which form five or 
six longitudinal lines upon the sides; base of pectorals with a nar- 
row bright yellow band; all the rays of the caudal spotted with 
black ; second dorsal with three or four narrow, sometimes indistinct 
bands. Anal papilla as long as the horizontal diameter of the eye, 
and nearly as broad. Total length 5 inches. 
Hab. Creeks near Sydney, Hawkesbury River and its tributaries, 
Hunter River, and Clarence River. 
ELEOTRIS GRANDICEPS, sp. nov. 
D.71/9. A. 3. L. lat. 38 to 40. 
Twelve series of scales between the origin of the posterior dorsal 
fin and the anal. - Head very large, broad, depressed, without any 
apparent scales ; lower jaw prominent ; teeth villiform. The height 
of the body is contained five times in the total length, and that of 
the head three times and a half. The diameter of the eye is one- 
fifth of the length of the head, and nearly one-half of the interorbital 
