232 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



845. GalAXIAS SCRIBA, Cuv. & Val. 

 Gunth., Cat. Fishes VI., p. 212. 



D. 11. A. 15. P. 14. V. 7. 



The height of the body is one-half of ths length of the head, 

 which is one-fifth of the total length (without caudal) ; the 

 diameter of the eye is only two-fifths of the length of the head. 

 Caudal fin truncate. Yellowish : minute black dots are crowded 

 so as to form irregularly fluxuous lines ; a large blotch at the 

 base of the caudal fin. 



Port Jackson (Val.) Length three inches. 



846. Gtalaxias pinsrcTATUs, Gunth. 

 G-unth., Cat. Fishes VI., p. 212. 



D. 12. A. 16. P. 12. V. 7. 



Body elongate, its depth in front of the dorsal fin being one- 

 eighth of the length (without caudal) ; the length of the head 

 one-sixth of the same. Snout with the jaws nearly equal in 

 length ; cleft of the mouth rather narrow, the maxillary extending 

 nearly to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Eye two-thirds 

 of the length of the snout, and less than one-fifth of the length 

 the head. The length of the pectoral fin is nearly one-third of 

 the distance of its root from the ventral, and that of the ventral 

 two-fifths of the distance of its root from the anal. The least 

 depth of the tail is one-half of the space between the dorsal and 

 caudal fins. Caudal fin emarginate. Light brownish-olive : 

 upper half of the head and body with numerous small, black spots 

 or dots. 



Eastern Creek. Length six and a-half inches. 



847. Galaxias Coxii, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. V., p. 45. 

 Mount Wilson. Falls for the Colo River. 



