ELEOTEIS. 7 



1. Eleotris guavina*. 



Eleotris guavina, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xii. p. 223 (1837) ' ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 124 

 (1861) -; Poey, Repert. i. p. 337 (1867) ', Syn. p. 395 (1868) *, and Enum. p. 127 (1875) '. 



Guavina guavina, Eigenm. & Fordice^ Proc. Ac. Philad. 1885, p. 73°; Jord. & Eigenm. Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 483'; Eigenm. & Eigenm. Proc. Cal. Ac. (2) i. 1888, p. 54"; Jord. & 

 Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1898, p. 2198'. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 3-| to 4. Wo prfeoperoular spine. Dorsal YII, I 10. 

 Anal I 10. 95 to 110 scales in a longitudinal series. Uniformly brownish (in spirit). 



Hal. Atlantic Coasts and Rivers from Mexico and Cuba to Southern Brazil : 



Central America ^ ; Turbo ^ ; Demerara ^ ; Brazil ^ ; Cuba 3 4 5. Martinique ^ ; 

 Barbados ^. 

 Here described from two specimens, 150 and 220 mm. in total length, from Demerara. 



2. Eleotris pisonis. 



Gobius pisonis, Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1206 (1788) \ 

 Gobius amorea, Walbaum, Artedi Pise. iii. p. 205 (1792) ^ 

 Eleotris pisonis, Schneid. Bloch's Syst. Ichth. p. 68- (1801)^; Eigenm. & Fordice, Proc. Ac. 



Philad. 1885, p. 75 * ; Jord. & Eigenm. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 483 ' ; Eigenm. & 



Eigenm. Proc. Cal. Ac. (2) i. 1888, p. 55 ^ Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 



1898, p. 2201 '; Meek, Zool. Pub. Columbian Mus. v. 1904, p. 228 \ 

 Eleotris gyrinus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xii. p. 220, t. 356 (1837)°; Girard, U.S. & 



Mexico Bound. Survey, Ichth. p. 28, t. 12. figs. 11 & 12 (1859) '°; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. 



p. 122 (1861) " ; Poey, Repert. i. p. 336 (1867) '\ Syn. p. 395 (1868) ", and Enum. 



p. 127 (1875) ''; Jord. & Gilb. Synopsis, p. 631 (1883) ''. 

 Culius perniger, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, p. 473 ". 

 Culius belizianus, Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1879, p. 55 "; Eigenm. & Fordice, 1. c. "; Eigenm. & 



Eigenm. 1. c. ". 

 Eleotris perniger , Eigenm. & Eigenm. 1. c. '°; Jord. & Everm. t. c. p. 2201 ". 



Depth of body 4 to 4| in the length, length of head 3 to 3i. A small concealed antrorse spine at the angle 

 of the praeoperculum. Dorsal VI, I 8. Anal I 8. 54 to 67 scales in a longitudinal series. 



Hah. Atlantic Coasts and Rivers from Florida to Southern Brazil f : 



Florida ^ ; Rio Grande 1° ; Vera Cruz ^ ; Boca del Rio « ; Belize i^ — Surinam ^ ; 

 Brazili6; Cuba * 6 12 is i4 . Haiti; Dominicans; Martinique '^ 9 ; St. Vincent «; 

 St. Christopher n. 



Here described from several specimens from Haiti, St. Vincent, Dominica, and 

 Pernambuco, measuring up to 160 mm. in total length. This series of examples 

 includes some with the cheeks wholly or partially naked, corresponding to E. jyerniger, 

 and others which closely approach E. abacurus, Jord. & Gilb., in the small number of 

 scales in a longitudinal series. 



H. amblyopsis, Cope, is a closely allied species, but appears to have larger scales. 



* Eleotris hrasiliensis, Sauv., 1880, is probably not distinct from E. guavina. 

 t This or a very similar species has been recorded from West-Africau rivers. 



