ELEOTRIS. 9 



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

 40 scales or more in longitudinal series. 

 Sc. 40-50 j 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. monteiri, O'Sb., p. 20. 



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



long as deep 14. E. fusca, Bl. Schn., p. 21. 



1. ELEOTRIS LEBRETONI. 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wicn, lx. i. 1870, p. 947, pi. i. figs. 3 & 4. 



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

 head, 3^ to 3-g- 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 4| times 



Eleotris lebretoni. 

 Type, after Steindachner (I. c). 



in length of head and If 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 praeopercular spine. 

 Dorsals VII-VI1I, I 8-9, narrowly separated from each other, longest 

 soft rays § to 1 1 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. 

 Brownish 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). 



7-26. Hgr. & yg. Lagos. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



