18 



GOBIWjE. 



longitudinal series, 32-35 between dorsal and anal. Brown, whitish 

 beneath ; fins purplish, lower border of anal and caudal, and outer 

 border of ventrals white ; a more or less distinct dark spot or ocellus on 

 the upper part of the caudal fin near its base. 



Total length 160 millim. 



Elvers of West Africa, from Portuguese Guinea to the mouth 

 of the Congo. — Type in Stuttgart Museum. 



1. Ad. 



2-3. A<]. & ligr. 



4-9. Ad. & hgr. 



10. Skel. 



11. Ad. 



Gfunnal, Portug. Guinea. 

 Cross R. district, Old 



Calabar. 

 Benito R., Spanisli Guinea. 



Banana, (Jon<)'o. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (0.). 

 Major W. A. Crawford (P.). 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



M. P. Delhez (C). 



Kg. 12. 



Eleolris vitiiita. 

 Type of Eleotns senegalensis, after 8teindachner (?. c). |. 



12. ELEOTRIS VITTATA. 



Eleotns maculata (non Bloch), A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. 1860, p. 248, pi. xxi. 



fig. 3. 

 Eleotns vittata, A. Dum, t. c. p. 219, pi. xxi. fig. 4. 

 Eleotris (Culius) senegalensis, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1870, p. 949, pi. ii. 



figs. 1 & 2. 

 Eleotris (Culius) daganensis, Steind. t. c. p. 951, pi. ii. figs. 3-5. 

 Eleotris dumerilii, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Pliilom. (7) iv. 1880, p. 52. 

 Eleotns [Cidius) buttikoferi, Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 27, pi. ii. 



fig. 2. 

 ? Eleotris (Culius) pisonis (non Gmel.), Steind. 1. c. 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 3| to 4| times in total length ; 

 length of head 2f to 3 times. Head longer than broad, scaly above 

 from between the eyes ; a groove on each side behind the eye ; cheek 



