I' 7- Annals of the South African Museum. 



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

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

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

 in length of head ; interorbital width about 3 to 3^- times in length 

 of head ; jaws equal in front, mouth extending to below anterior 

 fourth or anterior third of eye. Grill-rakers short, 8 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. 



Dorsal iii-iv 7-8, originating at equal or nearly equal distance, 

 from occiput and from base of caudal. Pectoral ^ to -f length of 

 head or of the distance from its base to ventral. Ventral 6-rayed, 

 equally distant from snout and from base of caudal. Anal iii-iv 8, 

 commencing below middle or posterior half of dorsal. Caudal trun- 

 cate, slightly emarginate ; continued anteriorly on caudal peduncle, 

 which is 2 to 2 times as long as deep. 



Fiu. 116. Galaxlas punctifer. 



Colour (of preserved specimens) pale brown or yellowish, darker 

 above than below, uniform, or with faint bars on back ; body freely 

 speckled with minute dark specks. 



Four specimens, ranging from 28-57 mm. in length, from the Flats, 

 Cape Peninsula. 



Four specimens, ranging from 23-33 mm. in length, from Diep 

 River, Cape Peninsula. 



Many specimens, ranging from 17-24 mm. in length, from Lake- 

 side, Cape Peninsula (B. Power). 



Galaxias punctifer is barely distinguishable from the preceding 

 (G. zebratus} by "the rather more slender habit, the caudal peuduncle 

 being 2} times as long as deep, and the shape of the caudal fin, 

 which is truncate and slightly emargiuate. The dark bars on the 

 body are absent or confined to the back." (Bouleng., Freshw. Fish. 

 Afr., iii, p. 13). 



3. GrALAXIAS DUBIUS, 11. Sp. 



Teeth rounded, subequal. Depth of body 6| to 7 times in total 

 length excluding caudal, length of head 4 to 5 times. Snout rounded, 



