Depth 3 4/5; head 2 7/8, width 1 9/10* Snout 3 7/8 in head from 
snout tip; eye 5? I4 in snout, I4 in interorbital; maxillary reaches -4 
in eye, length 2 1/6 in head from snout tip; mouth begins opposite lower 
third of eye, lower jaw protruding in front; teeth in jaws villiform, lower 
outer row somewhat larger; front nostril in short tube; head flattened 
above anteriorly, interorbital low; no spine on preopercle. 
Scales 42 in lateral series; 15 transversely, 34 predorsal. Head 
scaleless on snout and lower jaw, otherwise with cycloid scales, and on 
body ctenoid scales. 
D. VI - I, 8, third spine 2 1/3 in total head length, first branched 
ray 2-4, seventh branched ray l \; A. I, 7? first branched ray 2-/, sixth 
branched ray 1 4/5; caudal 1 1/3? convex behind; least depth of caudal 
f 
peduncle 2; pectoral 1 2/3, rays^.5? ventral rays I, 5, fin Ij in total 
head. 
I 
Brownish, marbled with darker, scales shot with light spots in 
certain lights. Both dorsals with about 3 rows of spots, and dark edge 
having light margin. Anal with dark longitudinal band in outer half, edge 
light. Caudal dark, with white edge, and sometimes together with anal 
spotted. Dark ocellus at upper part of caudal base. 
length 92 mm. (Day.) 
India. Day says it is very closely allied with Eleotris porocephalus , 
of which it may be the young. 
