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There are two or three varieties : — 

 Var. a. — In the North Esk, without the three charac- 

 teristic cross-bars upon shoulder. 

 Var. 6, Mountain Trout. — Without spots or bars; 

 head more depressed; Colour, grey, with beau- 

 tiful iridescent specks of green and gold. Mount 

 Wellington. 

 Var. c. — A red-finned variety, found in streams at 

 Gould's Country. 

 Although not large they are highly prized for the table, 

 and often afford sport to the angler. 



117. Galaxias auratus, no v. sp. Lake Tj'out** 



B. 9. D. 11-12. A. 14. P. 16. V. 17. 



The height of the body is contained five times in the total 

 length ; the length of head nearly four times. The head 

 is very much depressed. Interorbital space wide, having 

 three pairs of pores over each eye. About seventy distinct 

 pores, mostly in pairs, along usual course of lateral line. 

 Head blackish. Body of a bright transparent golden hue. 

 Spots very large, rounded, and sometimes confluent above 

 lateral line. No blackish bars across shoulder. Ventrals 

 tipped with black ; base and tips of anal and dorsal 

 blackish. Pectoral reaches to half the distance from root 

 of ventral. Total length, 9§ in. ; body, 8^ in. ; head, 2^ in. ; 

 snout, I in. ; depth, 2 in. nearly ; interorbital space, 1 in. 

 nearly. This species is confined to the neighbourhood of 

 the Great Lake, at an altitude of about 4000 feet. It 

 attains a larger size than any other member of the genus. 



118. Galaxias ATTENUATUS, Jenyns. (A.Z.) The Jolly-tail.** 



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

 Gunth. Cat., VI., p. 211. Allp. MS. Macl. Cat., 844. 

 Abundant in all freshwater streams, entering brackish water 

 in vast numbers. Are highly esteemed as a delicacy for 

 the table. 



119. Galaxias Weedoni, nov. sp. Mersey Jolly-tail* 



D. 11. A. 14. P. 15. 

 Body somewhat compressed. Length of head scarcely 

 exceeding the depth of body, and contained four and a 

 half times in the total length. Pectoral reaches half the 

 distance to root of ventral. Head and body brownish 

 black ; back and sides marbled with irregularly transverse 

 wedge-shaped streaks, and bands of darker hue. Caudal 

 bifurcate. 



Length, 4i inches. Mersey River. The finer head and 

 more compressed form, together with marbled sides, dis- 

 tinguish this species from its closely allied congener. 



120. Galaxias Atkinsoni, nov. sp. Pieman Jolly-tail* 



B. 9. D. 11. P. 13. A. 14. V. 8. 

 Length four and one-third times that of the head, and the 

 latter is equal to one and a half times the height of body. 

 Diameter of eye equal to length of snout, and about one- 

 fourth the length of head. Length of pectoral more than 



