BY W. MACLEAT, F.L.S. 107 



The two specimens hot sent me were captured by S. Findlay, 

 Esq., J. P., on Mt. Kosciusko a short time ago, and in accordance 

 with the learned Baron's expressed wish, I dedicate the species 

 to its finder. 



Galaxias Fixdlaa'i, n. sp. 



D. 9, A. 12, P. 14, V. 7, C. 16. 



The height of the body is about one-tenth of the total length, 

 and the length of the head about one-fifth of the same. Head 

 blunt and rounded in front, the space between the eyes broad 

 and nearlj'- flat; eyes small ; the cleft of the mouth reaching to 

 beneath the front margin of the eye ; teeth minute in the jaws, 

 and two rows of similar small teeth on each side of the vomerine 

 ridge. There are numerous pores on the head. The length of 

 the pectoral fin is less than the distance between its extremity 

 and the ventral fin, and the length of the ventrals is less than 

 their distance from the vent ; the dorsal fin is situated almost 

 entirely in front of the anal ; the caudal is rather long and 

 emarginate, a fold of skin joining it above and below to the 

 body — the upper fold largest, but in neither case extending to 

 the vertical fins, which are distant from the tail. A distinct 

 anal papilla. Colour in sprits yellowish brown, the back densely 

 speckled with very minute brownish dots, taking the form of 

 very indistinct fasciae. 



Both specimens are small — the largest not exceeding three 

 inches in length, —and are evidently immature. In a paper 

 contributed by me to our Proceedings, Yol. v , p. 45, in describing 

 another species of this genus from the head waters of the Colo 

 Eiver at Mt. Wilson, I point out the probability of fishes of 

 this kind being abundant and probably of considerably size in 

 the cold streams of the Snowy Mountains. In the same paper I 

 gave a list of all the genus then known, with remarks on the 

 peculiarities of the family. These consist of, first, the perfect 



