310 ACAXTHOPTEETGII. 



to live in fresli water as well as brackish or saline is the E. fusca, which though most numerous near the coasts, 

 is still found a hundred miles and more from the sea. 



SYNOPSIS OP SPECIES. 



between its third and fourth spines. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. ^v -a t ^x. 



V%iSsse.guttata, D. 6 | ^V, A. ^, L. 1. 75-80. Blue spots, with dark edges on the sides of tiie 

 head, a black upper edge to first dorsal fi^, and six violet stripes along the second, anal with two: caudal 



^^°"^'4. S&):^£;S^^ tSXlfX 1. 27, L. tr. 12. Brownish-wHte, ii^egularly spoti^d and blotched 



^^^'i"£^.?:iSorD*^^^^ Canines in Jaws. Brownish. A daxk ooeUus 



at upper part of base of caudal fin : fins spotted. Estuaries of Bengal aiid Burma. 



^^ e.^Hleotrisporocephalus, D. 6 | ^.C A. +, L. 1. 36-37, L. tr. 12-13. Twen^-five to thirty rows of scales 

 before the dorsal fin. Brown, marbled with darker. Dorsals spotted, anal with a dark band. Andamans, 



^'""^7:^i::;S^St?i^fSf I .V, A. ,, L. 1. 31-34, L. tr. 10-lL P^en rows of scales l.fore the 

 dorsal fin. Brown, blotched aiid marbled with darker. Pms banded. Africa, Andamans, and to the 



Malay ^"^^^^1^^°-^^..^^^ D. 6 1 |, A. i L. 1. 65, L.tr. 17. A preopercular spine. Scales extend to the snout, 



5.5 rows before the dorsal fin. Brown, with a few spots on the body, dorsal and caudal barred m spots. 



n amans^^^^^^^^ D. 6 ||, A. §, L. 1. 60-65, L. tr. 16. A preopercular spine. S<^les extend to the 



snout, 48 rows before the dorsal fin. Leaden-black, and of various colours, fins spotted. Coast of Africa and 



India to the Malay Archipelago. ^^ o i -u r ^.x. j r c 



10. Eleotris Ganarensis, D. 6 |i A. i L. 1. 58, L. tr. 17. Porty-two rows of scales before the dorsal fin. 



Dark brown, mottled : fins spotted. Mangalore. _ oi i t j. _j. j i. 



11. Eleotris luteus, D. 6 ||, A. i L. 1. 50, L. tr. 12. A preopercular spme. Scales do not extend to so 

 far as the eyes, 23 rows before the dorsal fin. Dirty-gray, with vertical bands : fins spotted. Andamans. 



12. meotris scintillans, D. 6 | i A. h L. 1. 42, L. tr. 15. Thirty-four rows of scales before the dorsal fin. 

 Brownish, marbled with darker, a dark oceUus at upper part of base of caudal fin. Dorsals spotted, anal with 

 a dark band. Akyab and the Andamans. 



13. Eleotris litoralis, D. 6 j i, A. \, L. 1. 85, L. tr. 11. Thirty rows of scales before the dorsal fin. 

 Brownish, marbled with darker, dorsal and caudal fins spotted. Andamans. 



14. Eleotiis caperata, D. 6 ||, A. i L. 1. 30, L. tr. 9. Serrated ridges on the head. Interorbital space 

 scaleless. Brown, a blaok blotch edged with scarlet at base of pectoral fin : vertical fins spotted. Coasts of 

 India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



15. Eleotns hutis, D. 6 1|, A. |, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 9-10. Maxilla extends to below middle of the eye. 

 Serrated ridges on head. Interorbital space scaled. Brownish, with a black blotch edged with scarlet at base 

 of the pectoral fin : fins spotted. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



16. Eleotns Amboinends, D. 6 | |, A. |, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 9. MaxUla scarcely reaches to below front edge 

 of the eye. Serrated ridges on the head. Interorbital space scaled. Brownish, a black blotch edged with 

 yellow at base of the pectoral fin : fins spotted. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Eleotris macrolepidota. 



Seicena macrolepidota, Bl. t. 298 ; Bl. Schn. p. 80. 

 Eleotris tvmifrons, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 241. 

 Eleotris macrolepidota, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 111. 

 Dormitator macrolepidota, Bleeker, Eleotriformes, 1874, p. 6. 



B. vi, D. 7 I \, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. J^, C. 16, L. 1. 30. 



Length of head, of caudal fin, and height of body, each nearly 1/4 of the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 1/4 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 3 diameters apart. Height of head 3/4 of its length. 

 Interorbital space swollen : otherwise the upper surface of the head is flat. Cleft of mouth very obUque. 

 The maxilla reaches to beneath the anterior margin of the orbit. Teeth — ^villiform. Scales — finely ctenoid on the 

 body, those on the upper surface of the head small. Colours — ^brownish, with brown spots on the second dorsal. 

 Bloch in his figure gives it six vertical bands on the body, and both dorsals, anal, and caudal spotted. 



Habitat. — The specimen from which Bloch took his figure is stated to have come from India, and 

 to attain 9 inches in length. 



2. Eleotris muralis, Plate LXIX, fig. 1. 



(Quoy and Gaim.) Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 253, pi. 357 ; Bleeker, Amb. and Ceram. p. 276 ; Giinther, 

 Catal. iii, p. 130. 



