Eleotris fasciapinnis new species 
Depth 4 2/3 to 4§; head 2 7/8 to 3? width l\ to 1 4/5. Snout 4 
to 4 1/5 in head from snout tip; eye 4^ to 5» 1 to 1 1/8 in snout, 1 to 
1 1/5 in interorbital; maxillary reaches below eye 1/5 to \ of eye, 
length 3 in head from snout tip; lower jaw well protruded in front; lips 
thick, fleshy; tongue free, with front edge convex, entire; teeth minute, 
villiform, in bands of moderate width in jaws, and none on palate or 
tongue; upper hind vertical edge of preopercle with small free spine, 
directed down; interorbital 4 7/8 to 6 1/5 in head from snout tip. Gill 
opening large, extends forward until opposite short space behind eye. 
Gill rakers 5+9? lanceolate, rather strong points, 1/3 of gill filaments 
which 1 3/5 in eye. 
Scales 37 or 38 -j~ 7 in axial lateral series; 18 transversely 
between soft dorsal and anal origins; 34 predorsal forward opposite hind 
nostrils. Head with all of postocular region and opercles scaly; muzzle, 
lower cheek and entire under surface of head scaleless. Small scales on 
chest, breast, belly and caudal base, also on postocular region. Row of 
fine papillae over nostrils, upper edge of eye and back to suprascapula; 
row from lower hind edge to upper end of preopercle, another horizontal 
along middle of cheek; row along each mandibular ramus and flange of 
preopercle. Scales with 20 to 23 basal radiating striae; row of 22 or 23 
•f 15 to 23 apical denticles, graduated little larger each side of scale; 
circuli fine. 
Dorsal VI - I, 9? i? third spine 2 2/3 to 2 4/5 in total head 
length, first branched ray 2 to 2 2/5? Anal 1, 8, 1, second branched ray 
