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Show 262 MR. F. DAY O N T H E FISHES OF INDIA. [May I, Fische Siidsee,'ii. p. 185, as the type at Berlin (No. 2155) D. 7/|, A. T l 0 (the last ray in both beiug almost double, and therefore counted as two by Bloch), L. 1. 30, L. tr. 13-14, and from 27 to 28 scales between the snout and the first dorsal fin. ELEOTRIS ELLIOTI, sp. nov. Cui nachooli, Tamil. B. vi. D. 6/12. P. 21. V. 6. A. 13. C. 13. L. 1. 80. L. tr. 16. Length of head 4\, of caudal fin 4§, height of body 5\ in the total length. Eyes high up, diameter 3g in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout. Height of head two thirds of its length ; interorbital space narrow. Cleft of mouth somewhat oblique, the maxilla extends posteriorly to beneath the middle of the eye. Teeth rather large, in a single row in the upper jaw, with two small lateral canines, in two or three rows in the centre of the lower jaw, separated from the single lateral row by two large, recurved, canines. Fins : dorsal spines thin, flexible, and equal in height to the body below them ; second dorsal and anal of similar height and one third lower than the first dorsal. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. Caudal rounded, with its central rays somewhat the longest. Scales: ctenoid in the posterior portion of the body, where they are larger than anteriorly, small on the surface of the head ; none on the cheeks. Colours : whitish, with fine wide and light-coloured chestnut bands descending from the back, each of which has a black outer edge ; another over the nape is without dark edges. Caudal fin brown, with a broad, yellowish, black-bordered vertical band down its centre. A dark horizontal band running along the cheeks below the eye. Dorsal fins light brown, with light outer edges, a large black white-edged blotch on the posterior half of the first dorsal fin, and a second but smaller one at the termination of the second dorsal, which last fin is white at its base. Hab. Madras. A skin from Sir W . Elliot's collection is 3*2 inches in length, but is in bad condition ; a coloured drawing was made from the fish when captured. PETROSCRITES STRIATUS, sp. nov. B. vi. D. 40. P. 13. V. 3. A. 27. C. 10. Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 6f, height of body 6 in the total length. Eyes : diameter 2 | in the length of the head, § of a diameter from the end of the snout, and the same distance apart. The greatest width of the head equals half its length ; the maxilla reaches to beneath the first third of the orbit. Snout somewhat broad and rounded in front, the upper jaw a little the longer. No tentacles on the head. Teeth : an exceedingly large recurved canine on either side of the lower jaw, while about 14 teeth are present between the canines. Fins : dorsal commences midway between the eye and the hind edge of the opercles, and does not extend quite so far as |
