. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. ELEOTRIS. 11 Eleotris Ak. Amstcrd. (2) xi. 1877, p. (;2. Eleotris biitis, part., 8auv. lli-t. Madag., Poiss. p. 380 (1891). Body strongly compressed, its depth 4j to -j times in total leiigtli, length of head 2^ to 3 times. Head mucli depressed, flat abo^e, broader than deep, nearly twice as long as broad, nearly entirely scaly, with tinoly serrated ridges labove ; a groove on each side behind the eye; snout broad, rounded, 1^ (young) to 2 times as long as eye, which TiK. Khotrts l/iitis. Ind
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. ELEOTRIS. 11 Eleotris Ak. Amstcrd. (2) xi. 1877, p. (;2. Eleotris biitis, part., 8auv. lli-t. Madag., Poiss. p. 380 (1891). Body strongly compressed, its depth 4j to -j times in total leiigtli, length of head 2^ to 3 times. Head mucli depressed, flat abo^e, broader than deep, nearly twice as long as broad, nearly entirely scaly, with tinoly serrated ridges labove ; a groove on each side behind the eye; snout broad, rounded, 1^ (young) to 2 times as long as eye, which TiK. Khotrts l/iitis. India, after Day (nj>. cit.). |. is 5 to Gh times in length of head and 1 to 1| times in interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to below anterior third or centre of eye; no canine teeth ; no praeopercular spine. Dorsals \I, I 8, rather widely separated from each other, longest branched rays ^ to | length of head. Anal I 8, its origin slightly behind that of dorsal. Pectoral f to | length of head, longer than ventral. Caudal rounded, sliortcr than head. Caudal peduncle If to 2j times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 29-32 in longitudinal series, 10-11 between dorsal and anal. Brown, fins with small dark and light spots; anal with a light edge; a large black spot, between two light ones, at the base of the pectoral. Total lenjjth 135 millini. East Africa to Malay Archipelago *. 1. Ad. Jolianna, Comoro Ids. Sir L. riayfair (P.). * 111 this, as ill other species of wide distribiitioii, only African specimens are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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