289 



L. tr. 16. Eyes H to 2 diam. apart. 10. E.fusca, p. 293. 



L. tr. 12. Eyes f diam. apart 12. E. lutea, p. 294. 



C. Serrated ridges on head. A large spot 

 at root of pectoral. L. tr. 9-10. 



a. Interorbital space scuteless 15. E. caperata, p. 296. 



b. Interorbital space with scales. 



Height of body 5 to 5| in total 



length 16. E. butis, p. 296. 



Height of body 7 in total length . . 17. E. amboinettns, p. 297. 



1084. (1.) Eleotris macrolepidota. 



Sciaena macrolepidota, Bloch, Ich. t. 298. 



Eleotris macrolepidota, Day, Fish. India, p. 310, Suppl. p. 794 



(see synou.). 



B. vi. D. 7 | 1/8. P. 13. Y.l/5. A.l/10. 046. L.I. 30. L.tr. 13-14. 



Length of head, of caudal fin, and height of body each about 

 4 in the total length. Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, 

 1 diam. from end of snout, and 3 apart. Height of head equals 

 its length. Interorbital space swollen. Anterior nostril with a 

 low valve. Cleft of mouth very oblique ; the maxilla reaches to 

 beneath the front edge of the orbit. Teeth villiforra. Fins the 

 second dorsal commences and terminates anteriorly to the corre- 

 sponding parts of the anal. Scales finely ctenoid on the body. 

 Colour brownish, with brown spots on the second dorsal; Bloch 

 shows six vertical bands on the body, and spots on both dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal fins. 



Hah. The example purchased by Bloch was supposed to have 

 come from India. 



1085. (2.) Eleotris porocephalus. (Fig. 98.) 



Eleotris porocephalus, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xii, p. 237 ; -Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 312, pi. Ixvii, fig. 1, Suppl. p. 795 (see synon.). 



B. v. D. 6 | 1/9-10. P. 15. A. 1/7. C. 15. L. 1. 36-37. L. tr. 13-14. 

 Length of head 3| to 3|, of caudal fin 5 to 6, height of body 4| 



Fig. 98. Eleotris porocepJtalus. 



to 5| in the total length. Eyes diameter from 4 to 6 in length of 

 head, 1 to 1| diam. from end of snout, and 2 to 2% apart. Head 



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