6 NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, 



SOLEA. TEXTILIS. sp. UOV. 



D. 60 : A. 43 : V. 5 : C. 18 : L. lat. 63. 



Length of head \, height of body J of the total length. The 



lower eye commences slightly in advance of the upper ; its 



diameter is \ of the length of head, and equal to that of the 



snout ; interorbital space deeply concave, J of a diameter of eye. 



Height of head equal to its length. Upper jaw a little the longer. 



Lower profile of head fringed with numerous small hair-like 



tentacles ; a few coarser ones on the lower jaw. The angle of the 



mouth reaches to below the anterior margin of the lower eye. 



Anterior nostril tubular ; a short fringed tentacle in front of the 



upper eye. Teeth minute. Dorsal and anal rays branched at the 



tips : ventrals separate from the anal : pectorals absent : caudal 



rounded. Scales strongly ctenoid ; none on the dorsal and anal 



rays. Colors, sandy, each scale with a narrow semi-circular black 



margin. 



This species belongs to that division of the genus Solea separated 



by Hr. Kaup as Aserragodes. Our example measures A\ inches in 



length, and was obtained by the trawl in the Gulf of St. "Vincent, 



some ten miles due west from Glenelg Jetty, in water about twelve 



fathoms in depth ; it has been received in exchange from the 



Adelaide Museum. Registered number in the Australian Museum 



1.1. 



GALAXIAS KAY I. sp. 710V. 



I). 10 : A. 11 : V. 8 : P. 14 : C. 16 : Yert 33/20. 



Length of head 5|, of caudal fin 7% height of body 6 in the total 

 length. Diameter of eyes I of the length of the head, £ of that of 

 the snout, and § of the interorbital space, which is flat. The 

 breadth of the head is equal to its height, and. to the length behind 

 the middle of the eye. Jaws equal ; maxilla reaches to beneath 

 the middle of the eye. Each jaw with a single row cf small 

 subulate teeth ; edge of the tongue with several larger recurved 

 teeth ; palatine teeth shorter and blunter in a narrow row on the 

 inner margin of the bones. The length of the interspace between 

 the dorsal and anal fins is equal to the distance between the front 



