16 



GOBIID-E. 



If to 2|^ times in interorbital width; lower jaw projecting; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; no canine teeth ; 

 no prseopercular spine. Dorsals "\'I, I 8, well separated from each 

 other, longest branched rays ^ to f length of head. Anal I 7, its origin 

 slightly behind that of dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, longer 

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

 Caudal peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 35-42 

 in longitudinal series, 12-14 between dorsal and anal. Dark brown or 

 blackish, with or without yellowish spots, blotches, or irregular cross- 

 bars, soft dorsal and caudal with small black spots ; anal, and sometimes ' 

 also second dorsal, with a light edge. 



Total length 260 millim. 



East Africa to Polynesia. — Type in Paris Museum. 



1-3, i. Ad. i\c yg. 

 5-6. Ad. 

 7. Ad. 



8-10. Ad. 



11-13. Ad. &hgr. 

 11. Ad. 



Zanzibar. 



Mozambique. 



Silhouette Id., Seyclielles, 



fresh water. 

 Above Cote-d'Or, Praslin 



Id., Seychelles. 

 Seychelles. 

 Johanua, Comoro Ids. 



Sir J. Kirk (P.). 

 Sir L. Phiyfair (P.). 

 Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner 

 (P.). 



Sir L. Piayfair (P.). 



Fig. 10. 



Eleotris oj^hioceplialus. 

 ludia, after Day {I. c). |. 



10. ELEOTRIS MADAGASCAEIENSIS. 

 Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 240 (1837) ; Guuth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. Ill (1861) ; 

 Bleek. Poiss. Madag. p. 46 (1875) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 378' 

 pi. xviii. fig. 1 & xli.A. fig. 4 (1891). 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 5 to 5^ times in total length, length 

 of head 3f to 4| times. Head longer than broad, scaly except on the 

 snout; a groove on each side behind the eye ; snout broad, rounded, not 



