294 TELEOSTEI. ACANTUOPTERYGII. 



U diam. from end o snout, and 1| to 2 apart. Head depressed, 

 its width slightly exceeding height and equalling length excluding 

 snout. Lower jaw rather the longer ; the maxilla reaches to below 

 the middle of the orbit. Angle of preopercle armed with a short 

 spine directed downwards and forwards. Teeth in many villiform 

 rows. Fins first dorsal spines weak, more than half as high as 

 body, but J less than rays of second dorsal. Caudal wedge- 

 shaped. Scales cover the body and head about as far forward as 

 the snout, the opercles, and cheeks ; those on the body are ctenoid. 

 Colour leaden black, lighter on abdomen, which sometimes has a 

 yellow tinge ; horizontal bars on dorsal fins, sometimes vertical on 

 caudal. Occasionally the upper surface is light stone-colour. The 

 markings and colours are subject to great variation. 



Hob. Coasts of India to the Malay Archipelago, also the African 

 coast, &c. ; ascending rivers and growing to 8 inches in length. 



1094. (11.) Eleotris canarensis. 



Eleotris canarensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 313, pi. Ixix, fig. 2. 

 B. vi. D. 6 | 1/8. P. 16. V. 1/5. A. 1/7. C. 15. L. 1. 58. L. tr. 17. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal fin 6|, height of body 6| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, f diam. from end 

 of snout, and nearly 1 apart. Greatest width of head equals its 

 length behind the middle of the eye, and its height equals half its 

 length. Upper surface of head flat ; snout elevated. Lower 

 jaw the longer ; cleft of mouth very oblique ; the maxilla reaches 

 to below the middle of the orbit. Interorbital space flat. Teeth 

 in numerous villiform rows, very small, and equal. Fins first 

 dorsal spines weak, not produced, two thirds height of body, and 

 nearly as long as posterior rays of second dorsal. Scales strongly 

 ctenoid behind the head, those on upper surface of head are nearly 

 as large as those on body ; they extend forwards to the snout, and 

 cover the cheeks and opercles. Colour dark brown, mottled with 

 black; pectoral yellow, with several black bands of spots; first 

 dorsal black, with a white band along its lower third ; second 

 dorsal with six or seven bands of spots ; anal with bands of spots ; 

 caudal reticulated with black spots, and having a black band at its 

 base ; ventral spotted. 



Hob. Mangalore, where a specimen was obtained. 



1095. (12.) Eleotris Intea. 

 Eleotris lutea, Day, Fish. India, p. 314. 



B. vi. D. 6 | 1/8. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 1/8. C. 15. L. 1. 50. L. tr. 12. 

 Length of head 3i, of caudal fiu 5|, height of body 4 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, f diam. from end of 

 snout and apart. Width of head equals length behind eyes, and 

 height about the same. Upper surface of head and interoi-bital 



