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Show 1869.] MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. 303 34* GOBIUS GIURIS, H. Buch. Gulah, Bali gulah (Ooriah). Hab. Tanks and rivers throughout Orissa. 35* APOCRYPTES LANCEOLATUS, Bloch. Pittalu (Ooriah). This fish resides in fresh or brackish water, but not beyond tidal influence so far as I have observed; the best place to capture it is the m u d at the sides of rivers. Considering its size, this is a most savage species, biting at any other fish that comes near it, and holding on with its teeth most tenaciously. 36. APOCRYPTES BATO, H. Buch. Rutta (Ooriah). This fish inhabits the same localities as the last. The largest specimen captured was 5^ inches in length. Natives take them in the following manner : they walk about in the mud, and as soon as they see or feel a fish moving they seize it with both hands. 37. EUCTENOGOBIUS STRIATUS, Day. Mahturi, Naolli (young, Ooriah). The very young have black vertical bands, most apparent in the posterior half of the body. The first dorsal is occasionally stained orange. Hab. Found in the rivers of Orissa. 38. BOLEOPHTHALMUS BODDAERTII, Pall. Apocryptes punctatus, Day, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 941. This fish climbs up rocks and on to pieces of wood, and appears to mostly inhabit muddy estuaries. It may be seen bobbing about in the soft m u d or dirty water as the Mugil corsula does ill rivers. In deep water it becomes drowned. It is as savage as the Apocryptes lanceolatus. 39. ELEOTRIS FUSCA, Bloch. Bundi, balah kera (Ooriah). Hab. Fresh and brackish waters along the coast, also extending its range beyond tidal influence. 40. ELEOTRIS AMBOINENSIS?, Bleeker. Gagi balah kera (Ooriah). B.iv. D. 6 | J. P. 17. V.J. A.J. C. 13. L. 1. 28. L. tr. 15. Length of head 1, of pectoral i, of base of first dorsal i, of base of second dorsal g, of base of anal §*, of caudal -(t of the total length. Height of head \, of body A, of first dorsal g, of ventral g, of anal g of the total length. Eyes. Diameter -| of length of head, 1\ diameter from eud of snout, 1 \ diameter apart. |
