ELEOTEIS. 9 



II. A strong antrorse spine at angle of prseoperculum ; D. YI, 18; A. I 8 ; 

 40 scales or more in longitudinal series. 

 Sc. 40-50 ; caudal peduncle If to 2 times as 



long as deep 12. E. vittata, A. Dum., p. 18. 



Sc. 60-70 ; caudal peduncle twice as long as 



deep 13. E. monteir!, O'Sh., p. 20. 



Sc. 60-78 ; caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as 



long as deep 14. &/i(6-ca, Bl. Schn., p. 21. 



1. ELEOTRIS LEBRETOiNTI. 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1870, p. 947, pi. i. figs. 3 & 4. 



Body rather strongly compressed, its depth nearly equal to length of 

 head, 3f to 3^ times in total length. Head much deeper than broad, 

 flat above, upper surface and sides scaly; snout broad, truncate, as 

 long as or slightly longer than eye ; eye perfectly lateral, 4 to 4J times 



EiK. 4. 



Eleotris lehreioni. 

 Type, after Steindachner (1. c). 



in length of head and 1|- to 2 times in interorbital width ; lower jaw 

 not or but slightly projecting ; maxillary not extending beyond vertical 

 of anterior border of eye ; no canine teeth ; no prseopercular spine. 

 Dorsals VII-VIII, I 8-9, narrowly separated from each other, longest 

 soft rays f to 1 j times length of head. Anal I 9-10, opposite to second 

 dorsal. Pectoral f to once length of head, as long as or a little longer 

 than ventral. Caudal rounded, as long as or a little longer than head. 

 Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, 

 28-32 in longitudinal series, 8-10 between origin of dorsal and anal. 

 Brownibh with dark spots forming a more or less regular lateral series, 

 or dark olive-brown with yellowish spots or vertical bars on the sides ; 

 fins with numerous small dark spots. 



Total length 115 millim. 



Senegambia to Angola. — Types in Vienna Museum. 

 1-6. Hgr. & yg. St. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (C). 



7-20. Hgr. & yg. 



L:i, 



Major (J. E. Bruce (P.). 



