310 ACAXTHOPTERYGII. 



to live in fresli water as well as brackish or saline is the E. fusca, which though most numerous near the coasts, 

 is still found a huuclred miles and more from the sea. 



SYNOPSIS OP SPECIES. 



1. Eleotris macrolepidota, ~D. 7 | f , A. j 3 ^, L. 1. 30. Brownish, dorsal, anal, and caudal spotted. India. 



2. Eleotris muralis, D. 6 | T V, A. T \-, L. 1. 100. No scales on head. Two or three red longitudinal 

 bands along the body, some on head, several on dorsal fins, and a black mark at the summit of the first dorsal, 

 between its third and fourth spines. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



3. Eleotris sexrjuttata, D. 6 | -jL, A. -J^, L. 1. 75-80. Blue spots, with dark edges on the sides of the 

 head, a black upper edge to first dorsal fin, and six violet stripes along the second, anal with two : caudal 

 spotted. Ceylon to the Malay Archipelago. 



4. Eleotris feliceps,D. 6 ] 1 \ F , A. 11, L. 1. 27, L. tr. 12. Brownish-white, irregularly spotted and blotched 

 with a darker colour, fins spotted. Andamans. 



5. Eleotris macrodon, D. 6 | -J-, A. f , L. 1. 120, L. tr. 30. Canines in jaws. Brownish. A dark ocellus 

 at upper part of base of caudal fin : fins spotted. Estuaries of Bengal and Burma. 



6. Eleotris porocephalus, D. 6 | ■q-Vo' -A- t> -'-'• !■ 36-37, L. tr. 12-13. Twenty-five to thirty rows of scales 

 bsfore the dorsal fin. Brown, marbled with darker. Dorsals spotted, anal with a dark band. Andamans, 

 Burma, and to the Malay Archipelago. 



7. Eleotris opldocepihalus, D. 6 | ¥ *-g-, A. \, L. 1. 31-34, L. tr. 10-11. Fifteen rows of scales before the 

 dorsal fin. Brown, blotched and marbled with darker. Pins banded. Africa, Andamans, and to the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



8. Eleotris cavifrons, D. 6 | §, A. §, L. 1. 65, L. tr. 17. A preopercular spine. Scales extend to the snout, 

 55 rows before the dorsal fin. Brown, with a few spots on the body, dorsal and caudal barred in spots. 

 Andamans. 



9. Eleotris fusca, D. 6 | §, A. §, L. 1. 60-65, L. tr. 16. A preopercular spine. Scales extend to the 

 snout, 48 rows before the dorsal fin. Leaden-black, and of various colours, fins spotted. Coast of Africa and 

 India to the Malay Archipelago. 



10. Eleotris Ganarensis, D. 6 | J, A. -f, L. 1. 58, L. tr. 17. Forty-two rows of scales before the dorsal fin. 

 Dark brown, mottled : fins spotted. Mangalore. 



11. Eleotris luteus, D. 6 [ §, A. §, L. 1. 50, L. tr. 12. A preopercular spine. Scales do not extend to so 

 far as the eyes, 23 rows before the dorsal fin. Dirty-gray, with vertical bands : fins spotted. Andamans. 



12. Eleotris scintillans, D. 6 [ |, A. ±, L. 1. 42, L. tr. 15. Thirty-four rows of scales before the dorsal fin. 

 Brownish, marbled with darker, a dark ocellus at upper part of base of caudal fin. Dorsals spotted, anal with 

 a dark band. Akyab and the Andamans. 



13. Eleotris litoralis, D. 6 | |, A. a, L. 1. 35, L. tr. 11. Thirty rows of scales before the dorsal fin. 

 Brownish, marbled with darker, dorsal and caudal fins spotted. Andamans. 



14. Eleotris caperata, D. 6 | |, A. \, L. 1. 30, L. tr. 9. Serrated ridges on the head. Interorbital space 

 scaleless. Brown, a black blotch edged with scarlet at base of pectoral fin : vertical fins spotted. Coasts of 

 India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



15. Eleotris butis, D. 6 | f , A. §, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 9-10. Maxilla extends to below middle of the eye. 

 Serrated ridges on head. Interorbital space scaled. Brownish, with a black blotch edged with scarlet at base 

 of the pectoral fin : fins spotted. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



16. Eleotris Amboinensis, D. 6 | |, A. §, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 9. Maxilla scarcely reaches to below front edge 

 of the eye. Serrated ridges on the head. Interorbital space scaled. Brownish, a black blotch edged with 

 yellow at base of the pectoral fin : fins spotted. Seas and estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Eleotris macrolepidota. 

 Scicena macrolepidota, Bl. t. 298 ; Bl. Schn. p. 80. 

 Eleotris tumifrons, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 241. 

 Eleotris macrolepidota, Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 111. 

 JDormitator macrolepidota, Bleeker, Eleotriformes, 1874, p. 6. 



B. vi, D. 7 | |, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. T V, C. 16, L. 1. 30. 



Length of head, of caudal fin, and height of body, each nearly 1/4 of the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 1/4 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 3 diameters apart. Height of head 3/4 of its length. 

 Interorbital space swollen : otherwise the upper surface of the head is flat. Cleft of mouth very oblique. 

 The maxilla reaches to beneath the anterior margin of the orbit. Teeth — villiform. Scales — finely ctenoid on the 

 body, those on the upper surface of the head small. Colours — brownish, with brown spots on the second dorsal. 

 Bloch in his figure gives it six vertical bands on the body, and both dorsals, anal, and caudal spotted. 



Eabitat. — The specimen from which Bloch took his figure is stated to have come from India, and 

 to attain 9 inches in length. 



2. Eleotris muralis, Plate LXIX, fig. 1. 



(Quoy and Gaim.) Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 253, pi. 357 ; Bleeker, Amb. and Ceram. p. 276 ; Giinther, 

 Catal. iii, p. 130. 



