234 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



850. Galaxias xebulosa, n. sp. 

 D. 12. A. 18. P. 14. V. 7 or 8. 



The height of the body at the pectoral fin is one-ninth of the 

 length (without caudal) ; the length of the head one-fifth ; the 

 diameter of the eye is about one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Snout rounded ; the maxillary reaches to below the anterior 

 third of the eye. The middle rays of the pectoral fin are the 

 longest and its length is rather more than half the space between 

 the root of the pectoral and that of the ventral, the length of the 

 ventral is about half that of the distance between the roots of 

 the ventral and anal. Caudal fin long, not or scarcely emarginate. 

 Colour in spirits, pale yellowish-brown, entirely and closely 

 covered fins and all with exceedingly minute black dots, with 

 five or six irregular, little distinct, brown fascia? descending from 

 the back below the middle of the sides, sometimes a few large 

 sjiots in the interspaces between these fascia?. Length three inches. 



Long Bay near Sydney. 



851. GtAlaxias Waterhousei, Krefft. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1867, p. 943. 



L». 11. A. 15. P. 13. V. 7. 



Body stout, its depth in front of the dorsal fin being nearly 

 one-eighth of the length (without caudal) ; the length of the 

 head is a sixth of the same. Eye of moderate size, one-fourth of 

 the length of the head, and equal to the extent of the snout. 

 The length of the pectoral fin is one-third of the space between 

 its root and that of the ventral ; the ventrals are of the same 

 length, and almost in the middle between the vent and the root 

 of the pectorals. The anal if laid backwards does not reach the 

 base of the caudal. The distance between the dorsal and caudal 

 fin is much greater than the least depth of the tail. Coloration 

 uniform brownish ; back and sides finely black-dotted; operculum 

 with a golden tint. 



Creeks, South Australia. Length seven inches. 



