Depth to 4-|; head 2-| to 3* Snout 4 2/5 in head from snout 
tip; eye 6 to 6 ^, 1 2/3 in snout; lj in interorbital; maxillary reaches 
£ in eye, length 2 2/3 in head from snout tip; lower jaw well protruded 
in front, upper lip edge villose; fine teeth in narrow bands, with lower 
detached one behind middle of enlarged conic row; palate toothless; front 
nostril tubular, at lip edge, posterior one rounded. Gill opening wide, 
isthmus narrow. 
Scales 60 to 65 in lateral series; 20 or 21 transversely. Scales 
ctenoid, except on belly, back anteriorly and head, where cycloid. Pre¬ 
dorsal scales forward to eye and over opercle. 
Dorsal VI - 12 or 13, third spine 3 1/8 in total head length, first 
branched ray 3 ? twelfth branched ray 2^; Anal 10 or 11, first branched 
ray 3 1 / 5 ? seventh branched ray 2 - 4 ; caudal 1 3 / 7 ? convex behind; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 2 1/3? pectoral 1 ^-, rays 15 or l 6 ; ventral fin 1 4/5 
in total head length• 
In alcohol yellowish gray, under parts paler. From below eye 3 
oblique bands back and downward. Before eye dark triangular blotch. 
Second dorsal and caudal with rows of dots in hyaline gray, likewise of 
other fins. At upper caudal base indication of dark ocellus. 
Length 80 to 3 00 mm. (Weber.) 
New Guinea. Said to be related to Bleotris gvrinus Bleeker and 
Eleotris urophthalmoides Bleeker, differing in the fins, enlarged lower 
* 
teeth and villose lip edge. 
