370 MR. CG. TATE REGAN ON THE FISHES [ Nov. 28, 
reaching the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye), and in 
having the dorsal and anal opposite one another and the caudal 
emarginate. It appears to differ in the deeper body (depth 42 in 
the total length) and the fewer fin-rays (Dorsal 9, Anal 12). It 
is described from a specimen of 140 mm. from a marsh near 
St. Kilda, Victoria. 
4, GALAXIAS GRACILLIMUS. 
Mesites gracillimus Canestvini, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. 11 
18645 pp. LOOM ply. texi2. 
Galaxias gracillimus Giinth, Cat. Fish. vi. p. 213 (1866). 
Galaxias maculatus (non Jenyns) Smitt, Bih. Svenska Ak. 
xxvi. iv. No, 13, p. 21, pl. 1. figs. 5-8 (1901). 
Teeth apparently as in . attenyatus. Depth of body 10-12 in 
the length, length of head 7-74. Snout a little shorter than eye, 
the donner of which is 34 =J2i in the length of head and less than 
the interorbital width. ai aws equal anterior ly; maxillary ex- 
tending nearly to the vertical from the anterior margin of eye. 
5 or 6 branchiostegals. 9 or 10 gill-rakers on the lower part of 
the anterior arch. Dorsal 11-12 (ITI-IV 8-9); distance from 
origin of dorsal to base of caudal about 33 in the length of the fish. 
Anal 16-17 (III-IV 13-14), commencing below “the or igin of 
dorsal, when laid back not extending to the caudal. Pectoral ex- 
tending about 2 of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. 
Ventrals 7- rayed, originating ata point nearer to tip of snout than 
to base of caudal, and nearer to origin of anal than to base of 
pectoral, extending about 7 of the distance from their base to te 
origi of anal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 23 
as long as deep. Some small blackish spots on the head and on 
the upper part of the body; a line of black dots along the middle 
of the side and one at the base of each of the unpai: ad fins. 
Chile; Falkland Is. 
1-4. (53-55 mm.) Falkland Is. R. Vallentin, Esq. 
Possibly this species may be based ona larval forin of @, attenuatus, 
but if so it is remarkable that it has been recorded only from 
South America and that larval forms of other species have not 
been described. 
5, GALAXIAS MACULATUS. 
Mesites maculatus Jenyns, Zool. ‘ Beagle,’ Fish. p. 119, pl. xxi. 
fig. 4 (1842). 
Galaxias maculatus Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xvii. p. 355 
(1846); Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 212 (1866), 
Galaxias punctulatus Philippi, Arch. £. Nat. 1858, vol. xxiv, 1. 
p. 310. 
Galaxias coppingert Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 21. 
Galaxias alpinus (non Jenyns) Smitt, Bih. Svenska Ak. xxiv, 
iv. No. 5, p. 56, pl. v. fig. 40 (1899). 
Teeth in the j jaws A ibeagal without distinct enlarged canines. 
Depth of body 6-8 in the length, length of head 43-52. Snout 
