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1. GALAXIAS ZEBRATUS, Cast. 



Cobitis zebratus, Cast., Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr., p. 56 (1861). 



Galaxias capensis, Steindr., Sitz. Ak. Wien, ciii, i, 1894, p. 460, 

 pi. iii, fig. 2 ; M. Web., Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x, 1897, p. 154. 



Galaxias zebratus, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), xvi, 

 1905, p. 51, and Freshw. Fish. Afr., iii, p. 12, fig. 8 (1915) ; Regan, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1905, ii, p. 367. 



Teeth small, subequal. Depth of body 5J to 6| times in total 

 length excluding caudal, length of head 3-J to 4 times. Snout 

 rounded, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3| to 4 times 

 in length of head : jaws about equal in front, chin feebly projecting ; 

 mouth extending to below anterior border or anterior fourth of eye. 

 Gill-rakers short, 8 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Dorsal iii-iv 7-8 ; originating at nearly equal distance from occiput 

 and from base of caudal. Pectoral } to f length of head or distance 



FIG. 115. Galaxias zebratus. 



from its base to ventral. Ventral 6-rayed, equally distant from end 

 of snout and from base of caudal. Anal iii-iv 7-8, originating below 

 middle or anterior half of dorsal. Caudal rounded- subtruucate, 

 continued anteriorly on caudal peduncle, which is twice or nearly 

 twice as long as deep. 



Colour (of preserved specimens) greyish or brownish, minutely 

 speckled with dark specks, uniform or with numerous faint cross- 

 bars on back and sides. 



Several specimens, ranging from 19-31 mm. in length, from 

 Somerset West, Cape Province. 



Three specimens, ranging from 20-31 mm. in length, from Willeui's 

 River, CalviDia, Cape Province (Revd. C. L. Leipoldt). 



Three specimens, ranging from 22-24 mm. in length, from George 

 River (V), Cape Province. 



2. GALAXIAS PUNCTIPER, Cast. 



Cobitis punctifer, Casteln., Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 56, (1861). 



Galaxias punctifer, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), xvi, 

 1905, p. 51, and Freshw. Fish. Afr., iii, p. 13 (1915) ; Regan, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc., 1905, ii, p. 367, pi. x, fig. 3. 



