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Show MR. C. TATE REGAN OX THE FISHES [Nov. 28, Galaxias kokopu Clarke, Trans. N. Zealand Inst. xxxi. 1899, p. 88, pi. iv. Lower jaw with distinct lateral canines. Depth of body 4-4| in the length, length of head 3|-34. Snout a little longer than eye, the diameter of which is 5 in the length of head, interorbital width 24-2^-. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary usually extending beyond middle of eye. 8 or 9 branchiostegals. 10 or 11 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal IV 9-10; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 4-4^ in the length of the fish. Anal IV -V 10-11, commencing below or a little behind the origin of dorsal, when laid back extending beyond the base of caudal. Pectoral extending | of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. Ventrals 7-rayed, originating at a point equidistant from cheek or posterior margin of eye 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. Caudal peduncle nearly | as long as deep. Brownish, with rather large rounded, oblong or crescentic, light yellowish spots; fins dusky. New Zealand. 1-3. (163-205 mm.) New Zealand. Capt. Stokes. 4. (196 mm.) Thomson Sound, Otago. Otago Mus. 14. G a la x i a s o c c id e x t a l i s . (Plate XI. fig. 4.) Galaxias occidentalis Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxiv. 1899, p. 157. Teeth in the jaws subequal, without distinct lateral canines. Depth of body 5| in the length, length of head 5^-. Snout a little longer than eye, the diameter of which is 41 in the length of head, interorbital width 24. Lower jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to below anterior 3 of eye. 6 or 7 branchiostegals. 10 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal 10 (III 7); distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 44 in the length of the fish. Anal 15 (V 10), commencing below the origin of dorsal, when laid back not nearly extending to the procurrent caudal rays. Pectoral extending a little more than J 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 a little nearer to origin of anal than to base of pectoral, extending a little more than ^ of the distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 1^ as long as deep. Yellowish, with narrow dark cross-bars on the sides of the body ; a pair of dark blotches on the basal part of the caudal. Western Australia. 1. (155 mm.) one of the types. W. Australia. Australian Mus. 15. G a la x i a s w a i t i i , sp. n. (Plate XI. fig. 2.) Teeth in the jaws subequal, without distinct lateral canines. Depth of body 6l - 6f in the length, length of head 4§-4A. Snout |