2(i2 MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF INDIA. [^I^J 1» 



Fisclie Siidsee/ ii. p. 18.5, as the tj-pe at Berlin (No. 2155) has 

 D. 7/g, A. j^-y (the last ray in both being almost double, and there- 

 fore counted as two by Bloch), L. 1. 30, L. tr. 1.3-14, and from 

 27 to 28 scales between the snout and the first dorsal fin. 



Eleotris ellioti, sp. nov. 



Cut nachonli, Tamil. 



B. vi. D. G/12. P. 21. V. 6. A. 13. C. 13. L. 1. 80. 



L. tr. 1 6. 



Length of head 4^, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 5^ in the 

 total length. Eyes high up, diameter 3g in the length of the head, 

 1 diameter from the end of the snout. Height of head two thirds 

 of its length ; interorbital space narrow. Cleft of mouth somewhat 

 oblique, the maxilla extends posteriorly to beneath the middle of the 

 eye. Teeth rather large, in a single row in the upper jaw, with two 

 small lateral canines, in two or three rows in the centre of the lower 

 jaw, separated from the single lateral row by two large, recurved, 

 canines. Fins : dorsal spines thin, flexible, and equal in height to 

 tlie body below them ; second dorsal and anal of similar height and 

 one third lower than the first dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as the 

 head. Caudal rounded, with its central rays somewhat the longest. 

 Scales: ctenoid in the posterior portion of the body, where they are 

 larger than anteriorly, small on the surface of the head ; none on 

 the cheeks. Co/ours : whitish, with fine wide and light-coloured 

 chestnut bands descending from the back, each of ■n^hich has a black 

 outer edge ; another over the nape is without dark edges. Caudal 

 fin brown, with a broad, yellowish, black-bordered vertical band 

 down its centre. A dark horizontal baud running along the cheeks 

 below the eye. Dorsal fins light brown, with light outer edges, a 

 large black white-edged blotch on the jjosterior half of the first dorsal 

 fin, and a second but smaller one at the termination of the second 

 dorsal, which last fin is white at its base. 



Hab. Madras. 



A skin from Sir W. Elliot's collection is 3" 2 inches in length, 

 but is in bad condition ; a coloured drawing was made from the 

 fish when captured. 



Petroscrites striatus, sp. noT. 



B. vi. D. 40. P. 13. V. 3. A. 27. C. 10. 



Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 6|, height of body 6 in the total 

 length. Eyes: diameter 2| in the length of the head, | of a dia- 

 meter trom the end of the snout, and the same distance apart. The 

 greatest width of the head equals half its length ; the maxilla reaches 

 to beneath the first third of the orbit. Snout somewhat broad and 

 rounded in front, the upper jaw a little the longer. No tentacles on 

 the head. Teeth : an exceedingly large recurved canine on either 

 side of the lower jaw, while about 14 teeth are present between the 

 canines. Jri7is : dorsal commences midway between the eye and 

 the hind edge of the opercles, and does not extend quite so far as 



