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the ventral, and the ventral terminates at a considerable distance 

 from, the vent ; the anal, if laid backwards, extends scarcely to 

 the base of the caudal. The least depth of the tail is somewhat 

 more than one-half of the distance between the caudal and dorsal 

 fins. Dark olive-coloured, with numerous, small, round, blackish 

 spots ; two or three dark cross-bars above the pectoral fin ; an 

 oblique, blackish streak below the eye ; extremities of the dorsal, 

 anal, and pectoral fins black. 



Tasmania. 



842. Galaxias olidus, G-unth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VI., p. 209. 



D. 11. A. 13. P. 14. V. 7. 



Body stout ; head thick, its length being about equal to the 

 height of the body, and two-ninths of the total length (without 

 caudal). The lower jaw is a little shorter than the upj)er; cleft 

 of the mouth o f moderate width, the maxillary not quite reaching 

 to below the middle of the eye. Eye rather small, less than one- 

 sixth of the length of the head, and much shorter than the snout. 

 The length of the pectoral fin is less than one-half of the distance 

 of its root from the ventral, and the ventral fin terminates at a 

 considerable distance from the vent ; the anal fin, if laid backwards 

 scarcely reaches the base of the caudal. The least depth of the 

 tail is one-half of the distance between caudal and dorsal fins. 

 Brownish-red above, yellowish-red below; all the fins and opercles 

 with thick black dots ; a few scattered similar dots on the side of 

 the tail. 



? Queensland (Gunther). Length four inches. 



843. Galaxias attenuatus, Jenyns. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VI., p. 210. 



G. scriha, (not Cuv. & Val.) and G. mavulatus, (not Jenyns), 

 Richards., Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 75-76, pi. 43, figs. 14-17. 



