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Show 374 MR. C. TATE REGAN ON THE FISHES [Nov. 28, the origin of anal. Caudal truncate or slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. Traces of irregular dark cross-bars in the young. Lakes Coleridge and Wakatipu, New Zealand. 1-3. (58-83 mm.) Lake Coleridge. Canterbury Mus. 4, (170 mm.) Lake Wakatipu. Otago Mus. 11. G a l a x ia s b r e v ip in n is Galaxias brevipinnis Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 213 (1866); Hutton, Fish. N. Zeal. p. 59 (1872), and Trans. N. Zealand Inst, xxviii. 1896, p. 317. Galaxias grctndis Haast, Trans. N. Zealand Inst. v. 1872. p. 278. Galaxias robinsoni Clarke, Trans. N. Zealand. Inst. xxxi. 1899, p. 89, pi. v. Galaxias hollansi Hutton, Trans. N. Zealand Inst, xxxiv. 1902, p. 198. Lower jaw with distinct lateral canines. Depth of body 4j|~6in the length, length of head 4|-5-j. Snout as long as or longer than eye, the diameter of which is 4-6 in the length of head, interorbital width 2-2g. Jaws equal anteriorly or the lower a little shorter than the upper ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye or a little beyond. 7 branchio-stegals. 7-9 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal IV 8-9; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 3#-4 in the length of the fish. Anal IV -V 9-10, commencing below the middle of the dorsal, when laid back extending to the procurrent caudal rays. Pectoral extending from £ to more than | of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. Ventrals 7-rayed, originating at a point about equidistant from angle of mouth and base of caudal or from middle of pectoral and origin of anal, extending of the distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal truncate or slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 11-11-as long as deep. Head, body, and fins with dark brown spots, marblings, or reticulations. New Zealand and neighbouring islands. 1 -3. (133-153 mm.) types ot the species. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes. -4. Skeleton. New Zealand. Dr. Gunther. 5. (210 mm.) North Island, N.Z. II. K. Nicholl, Esq. 0. (158 mm.) Dunedin, N.Z . Otago Mus. 7-11. (73-115 mm.) Wellington Mus. 12. (105 mm.) type of G hollansi. Auckland Is. Prof. F. W . Hutton. 12. G a la x ia s fa s c ia tu s . Galaxias fasciatus Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 73 (1831), and in Dieflenb. New Zealand, ii. p. 221 (1842); Cuv. & Yah Hist. Nat. Poiss. xviii. p. 350 (1847); Richards. Zool. ‘ Erebus ' & ‘ Terror,' .Fish. p. 77 (1848); Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 209 (1866); Hutton, Fish. N. Zeal. p. 59, pi. x. fig. 94 (1872), and Trans. N. Zealand Inst, xxviii. 1896, p. 317 ; Clarke, ib. xxxi. 1899, p. 90, pi. v. * An excellent figure of this species is given in the ‘ Cambridge Natural History,' vol. vii. p. 607. |