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Show 1905.] OF THE FAMILY GALAXIIDyE. 373 nearer to tip of snout than to base of caudal or equidistant from base of pectoral and origin of anal, extending nearly of the distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 1| as long as deep. Greyish, with traces of darker vertical stripes; a dark bar above the pectoral. Falkland Islands. 1. (110 mm ) type of the species. Falkland Is. Sir A. Smith. 9. G a la x i a s h u t t o n i , sp. n. (Plate X. fig. 2.) Teeth apparently as in G. attenuatus. Depth of body about 7 in the length, length of head nearly 5. Snout a little shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3-3} in the length of head, interorbital width about 2|. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending to below anterior | or anterior -i-of eye. 7 branchiostegals. 9 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal III -IV 7-8 ; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 3 | -3 f in the length of the fish. Anal IV -V 10-12, commencing below the origin or anterior part of dorsal, when laid back not extending to the caudal. Pectoral extending from more than ^ to f of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. Ventrals 7-rayed, originating at a point equidistant from tip of snout and base of caudal, or nearer the former, or equidistant from base of pectoral and origin of anal, extending from more than ] to | of the distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal emarginate. Caudal peduncle lf-2 as long as deep. Yellowish with brown cross-bars ; fins pale. Lake Rainiera, New Zealand. 1-7. (39-45 mm.) types of the species. Lake Rainiera. Prof. F. W . Plutton. Perhaps as closely allied to G. lynx as to G. attenuatus. 10. G a la x ia s ly n x . (Plate X. fig. 4.) Galaxias olidus (non Giinth.) Hutton, Trans. 1ST. Zealand Inst, v. 1872, p. 270, and Fishes of N. Zeal. Suppl. p. 11 (1873). Galaxias lynx Hutton, Trans. N. Zealand Inst, xxviii. 1896, p. 317. Lower jaw with distinct lateral canines. Depth of body 6-7 in the length, length of head 4^-4f. Snout nearly as long as or longer than eye, the diameter of which is 3|-5 in the length of head, interorbital width 2 f -3. Jaws equal anteriorly or the lower slightly projecting; maxillary extending to below middle of eye, in the adult. 8 or 9 branchiostegals. 12-14 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal IV 8 ; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 3|-3§ in the length of the fish. Anal V 10-11, commencing below the anterior part of the dorsal, when laid back not nearly extending to the caudal. Pectoral extending \ or nearly h of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. Ventrals 7-rayed, originating at a point about equidistant from eye and base of caudal or from middle or posterior part of pectoral and origin of anal, extending of the distance from their base to |