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Show 368 MR. C. TATE REGAN ON THE FISHES [Nov. 28, 3. G a la x ia s a t t e n u a tu s . (Plates XII. fig. 1, and XIII. fig. 2.) Mesites attenuatus Jenyns, Zool. ‘ Beagle,' Fish. p. 121, pi. xxii. fig. 5 (1842). Galaxias truttaceus (non Cuv.) Valenc. in Cuv. Regne Anim., Poiss. pi. xcvii. fig. 2 (1829). Galaxias scriba Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xviii. p. 347 (1846); Richards. Zool. ‘ Erebus ' & ‘ Terror,' Fish. p. 66 (1848); Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 212 (1866). Galaxias attenuatus Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 348 ; Giinth. t. c. p. 210 ; Hutton, Fish. N. Zeal. p. 60, pi. x. fig. 96 (1872); Klunz. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxxx. 1879, p. 412 ; Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi. 1881, p. 230; Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1882, p. 130 ; Hutton, Trans. New Zealand Inst, xxviii. 1896, p. 317 ; Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxi. 1896, p. 71 ; Clarke, Trans. New Zealand Inst. xxxi. 1899, p. 78. Galaxias maculatus (non Jenyns) Richards, t. c. p. 75, pi. xliii. figs. 14-17. Galaxias minutus Philippi, Arch. f. Nat. 1858, vol. xxiv. i. p. 309. Galaxias krefftii Giinth. t. c. p. 211. Galaxias punctatus Giinth. t. c. p. 212. Galaxias ivaterhousei Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 943; Klunz. 1. c. Galaxias cylindricus Casteln. Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, i. 1872, p. 177 ; Macleay, t. c. p. 235. Galaxias delicatidus Casteln. t. c. p. 178 ; Macleay, 1. c. Galaxias campbelli Sauv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iv. 1880, p. 229. Gcdaxias nebulosa; Macleay, t. c. p. 234. Galaxias alpinus (part.), Smitt, Bih. Svenska Ak. xxvi. iv. No. 13, p. 21, pi. ii. figs. 9-12 (1901). Teeth in the jaws subequal, without distinct enlarged canines. Depth of body 5|-10 in the length, length of head 5-64. Snout a little longer than eye (in the adult), the diameter of which is 3 (young)-5 in the length of head, interorbital width 2|-2|. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary extending about to the vertical from anterior margin of eye or a little beyond. 6 or 7 brancliiostegals. 9-11 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal 10-13 (III-IV 7-9); distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 3| (young)-4| in the length of the fish. Anal 16-19 (III-V 12-15), commencing below the origin of dorsal. Pectoral extending from less than ^ to more than | of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. Ventrals 7-rayed, originating at a point about equidistant from tip of snout and base of caudal or from base or anterior part of pectoral and origin of anal, extending less than j of the distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^-2 as long as deep. Golden or orange; upper parts of head and body finely punctulated with blackish and spotted or marbled with dark purplish; fins immaculate. South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, New |