16 



GOBIIELE. 



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 VI, I 8, well separated from each 

 other, longest branched rays \ to % length of head. Anal I 7, its origin 

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

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

 Caudal peduncle \\to\\ 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, 4. Ad. & yg, Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



5-6. Ad. Mozambique. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



7. Ad. Silhouette Id., Seychelles, Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner 



fresh water. 

 8-10. Ad. Above C6te-d'Or, Prnslin 



Id., Seychelles. 

 11-13. Ad. & hgr. Seychelles. 



14. Ad. Johanna, Comoro Ids. 



(P.). 



Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



Fig. 10. 



Elcotris opldocepltalus. 

 Iudia, after Day (?. c). |. 



10. ELEOTRIS MADAGASCAKIENSIS. 

 Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 240 (1837) ; Giinth. 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 b\ times in total length, length 

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

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



