Podeleotris new genus 
Type 
- Podeleotris cinctus new species 
Body elongately ovoid, deepest at spinous dorsal,well compressed, 
and with moderate caudal peduncle. Head moderate, compressed. Snout 
short, obtuse. Eye very large, elevated, entering upper profile, mostly 
in front half of head. Maxillary short, falls below front part of eye. 
Mouth moderate, oblique, lower jaw protruding in front. Teeth small, in 
apparently very narrow band in each jaw. Interorbital very narrow* 
Scales large, about 25 in lateral series. Gill opening extends forward 
opposite middle of eye. Head largely scaled and predorsal scales extending 
forward to eye. Dorsal spines 5* second to fourth end in free flexible 
filaments, shorter than head. Second dorsal with spine and 7 rays, 
posterior longest. Anal with spine and 6 rays. Caudal small, apparently 
rounded. Pectoral subequal with head, base broad. Ventrals entirely 
separated, basal interspace less than basal width of either fin, fin 
reaching back beyond front of anal, also longer than pectoral or head. 
Coloration ornate, with a dozen or over transverse brown bands, which 
extend on vertical fins. 
Related to Eviota Jenkins, differing in all the rays of the 
paired fins entire and not fringed, the elongate ventrals reaching over 
the front of the anal and its cross barred coloration. 
{Jfo V S 
foot - ventral fin + Eleotris.) 
