212 GALAXIiE. 



7. Galaxias scriba. 

 Ciiv. ^- Val. xviii. p. 347. 



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

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

 which is one-fifth of the total (with the caudal) ; the diameter of 

 the eye is only two-fifths of the length of the head. Caudal fin 

 truncated. Yellowish ; minute black dots are crowded so as to 

 form irregularly flexuous lines ; a large blotch on the base of the 

 caudal. (Val.) 



Port Jackson. — Three inches long. 



8. Galaxias maculatus. 



Mesites maculatus, Jeni/iis, Voy. Beagk, Fish. p. 119, pi. 22. fig. 4. 



? Galaxias maculatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xviii. p. 355. 



B. 6. D. 10. A. 16. P. 12. V. 7. 

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

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

 fifth of the total (without caudal). Snout with the jaws equal in 

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

 to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Eye rather large, equal 

 in length to the snout, and about two-sevenths of the length of the 

 head. The length of the pectoral is much less than one-half of the 

 distance of its root from the ventral, and that of the ventral is one- 

 half of the distance betw^n dorsal and caudal. Caudal fin slightly 

 emarginate. Body with more or less numerous, large, ii-regular, 

 blackish-brown spots. (Jen.) 



Tierra del Fuego ; Patagonia. 2| inches long. 



9. Galaxias alpiuus. 



Mesites alpinus, Jenytts, Zool. Beagle, Fish. p. 121. 

 D. 10. A. 16. P. 13. V. 7. 



Very little difference in form between this species and G. macu- 

 lahis. The eyes, however, are decidedly larger, being one-third of 

 the length of the head. .The head itself also appears somewhat 

 longer, being nearly one-fifth of the entire length (Avith the caudal). 

 Greenish-brown ; back, sides, and fins immaculate, but thickly pow- 

 dered with minute dark specks scarcely visible except under a lens. 

 (Jen.) 



Alpine freshwater lakes in Hardy Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego. 



10. Galaxias punctatus. 



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



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

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

 sixth of the total (without caudal). Snout with the jaws nearly 

 equal in length ; cleft of the mouth rather narrow, the maxillary 



