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FISHES OF INDIA. 
diameter 3 in the length of the head, ^ a diameter from the end of the snont and placed 
close together. The greatest width of the head equals f of its length, while its height 
equals its length excluding the snout. Anterior profile of head somewhat obtuse. Cleft 
of mouth oblique, lower jaw slightly the longer : the posterior extremity of the maxilla 
reaches to beneath the first third of the eye. Preopercle spineless, and no warts on the 
head. Teeth — in villiform rows, none enlarged. Fins — dorsal spines of moderate strength, 
the longest nearly half the length of the head. Pectoral as long as the head, some of its 
rays fine and silk-like : caudal pointed. Scales — finely ctenoid, none on the head : 
eleven rows between the occiput and front edge of the dorsal fin. Colours — yellowish 
with a few dark spots on the body and a dark band from the eye to the snout, also a dark 
mark on the opercle. Upper half of eye black. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins with a gray 
outer edging : ventrals white. 
Habitat. — A small species from Madras. 
Page 297. For Gobiodon quinque-strigatus read G. rivulatus. Add synonyms. 
Gohius rivulatus, Eiippell, Atl. Fisch. p. 136, and N. W. F. p. 138. 
,, histrio, Cuv. and Val. xii, p, 132, pi. cccxlvii. 
Gohiodon rivulatus, Gunther, F. Siidsee, ii, p. 180, t. cix, f. F. and G. 
Page 299. Sicydium halei. 
B. V, D 6/12, P. 19, V. 1/5, A. 11, C. 14, L. 1. 56, L. tr. 16. 
Length of head 5|-, of caudal fin 7i, height of body 7 in the total length. Fyes — upper 
margin on dorsal profile, diameter 4i\ in the length of the head, \\ diameters from the 
end of the snout, and 2 apart. Body subcylindrical. Interorbital space nearly flat, snout 
obtuse and rounded, an oblique fall from orbit to it. Upper jaw the longer and overhung 
by the snout : cleft of mouth nearly horizontal : the maxilla reaches to below the middle 
of the eye. Lips thick. No warts, barbels or scales on the head. Teeth — in maxilla, in 
a single external movable row in the gums, directed almost horizontally, and a single 
inner row of longer pointed and curved ones, these two rows being divided by a consider- 
able interspace: a large recurved canine on either side of symphysis of the lower jaw: in a 
single row of much smaller teeth in the upper jaw. Fins — spines of first dorsal ending in 
filamentous prolongations, but the longest is not quite so high as the body below it. A con- 
siderable interspace between the first and second dorsal fins, the rays of the latter are 
equal to about half the height of the body, and similar to the anal. Ventral does not 
extend half way to the anus. Caudal rounded at the extremity, its central rays somewhat 
the longest. Pectoral as long as the head, excluding the snout. Scales — strongly ctenoid, 
the exposed portion above twice as high as wide, and rounded, about 19 roTvs from occiput to 
first dorsal fin, the first few anterior rows somewhat small, the remainder on the body of 
about the same size. Colours — greenish brown, a black interorbital band which is con- 
tinued from the eye to the angle of the mouth : some dark vertical bands on the body : a 
dark outer edge to ventral and anal, also a dark band to outer edge of caudal, margined 
externally with white, which is widest at the angles. 
Habitat — Ceylon, from whence Mr. Haly has sent me an example 3 inches long. 
Page 310. Eleotris macrolepidota. 
This fish is notU. hoedtii, &g. Bleeker, as observed in Gunther’s “Fische der Siidsee,” ii, 
p. 185, as the type at Berlin (No. 2155) has D. 7/i, A. the last ray in both being 
almost double, and therefore counted as two by Bloch. L. 1. 30, L. tr. 13-14, and from 
26 to 28 scales between the snout and first dorsal fin. 
Page 310. Eleotris muralis. Add synonym. 
Fleotris lineato-oculatus, Kner, SB. Wien. Ak. Ivi, p. 720, t. iii, f. 1. 
Page 311. Add Eleotris Ellioti. 
Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 262. 
Cul nachooli, Tamil. 
B. vi, D. 6/12, P. 21, V. 6, A. 13, C. 13, L. 1. 80, L. tr. 16. 
Length of head 4^-, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 5|^ in the total length. Fyes — high 
up, diameter 3|^ in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout. Height 
of head -f of its length : interorbital space narrow. Cleft of mouth somewhat oblique, 
the maxilla extends posteriorly to beneath the middle of the eye. Teeth — rather large, in 
single row in the upper jaw with two small lateral canines : in two or three rows in the 
centre of the lower jaw, separated from the single lateral row by two large recurved canines. 
