ELE0TR1S. 



17 



Linger than eye, which is 4j to 5| times in length of head, 1^- to 2 

 times in interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting; maxillary extending 

 to below centre of eye ; no canine teeth ; no praopercular spine. 

 Dorsals VI, I 9, narrowly separated from each other, longest branched 

 rays about § length of head. Anal I 7, its origin slightly behind that 

 of dorsal. Pectoral f length of head, longer than ventral. Caudal 

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

 nearly twice as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 38-42 in longitudinal 



series, 12-13 between dorsal and anal, 

 caudal with small black spots ; soft 

 edge. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Madagascar. — Type in Paris Museum. 



Dark brown, soft dorsal and 

 dorsal and anal with a red 



11. ELEOTIUS AFRICANA. 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxxx. i. 1880, p. 153, pi. iii. fig. 1. 



Body feebly compressed, its depth 4^- to 5 times in total length ; 

 length of head 3j to 3^ times. Head longer than broad, scaly above 

 from between the eyes and on the cheeks and opercles ; snout broad, 

 rounded, 1 to 1^ times as long as eye, which is 5 to 6 times in length 

 of head and 1^ to nearly 2 times in interorbital width ; jaws equal in 

 front; maxillary extending to below centre or posterior third of eye; 



Fig. 11. 





Eleotris africana. 

 Type, after Steinilachuer (I. c). 



a series of groups of papillae in a groove below lower jaw ; no canine 

 teeth ; no prseopercular spine. Dorsals VI, I 9, narrowly separated 

 from each other, longest soft rays ^ to f length of head. Anal I 8, its 

 origin a little behind that of dorsal. Pectoral f to f length of head, 

 longer than ventral. Caudal rounded, f to f length of head. Caudal 

 peduncle If to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 90-95 in 

 vol. iv. c 



