1905. ] OF THE FAMILY GALAXIID#, 379 
sometimes 2 or 3 dark vertical bars above the base of the pectoral ; 
dorsal, anal, and ventral fins sometimes blackish at the tip. 
Tasmania; Victoria. 
A. Forma typica, with 2 or 3 dark vertical bars above the pectoral 
and with the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins blackish at the tip. 
1. (105 mm.) Tasmania. Sir J. Richardson. 
/2-6. (90-130 mm.) Tasmania. Haslar Coll. 
7-8. (110-160 mm.) Tasmania. J. Gould, Esq. 
9-11. (107-118 mm.) Tasmania. R. W. Johnston, Esq. 
B. Variety without bars above the pectoral, with fins uniformly 
pale. 
1-2. (112 and 128 mm.) Moorabool R., Victoria. Mr. E. Degen. 
According to Johnston (/. ¢.) there are Tasmanian varieties of 
this species without bars above the pectoral. 
19. Ganaxias AuRATUS. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 
Galaxias auratus Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1881, 
p. 131 (1882). 
Lower jaw with the lateral teeth somewhat enlarged. Depth 
of body about 5 in the length, length of head about 4. Snout 
scarcely longer than eye, the diameter of which is 41 in the 
length of head, interorbital width 22. Jaws equal anteriorly ; 
maxillary extending to below anterior 7 of eye. 7-9 branchio- 
stegals. 10 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. 
Dorsal TV 8; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 
32 in the length of the fish. Anal ITV 10, commencing below the 
middle of the dorsal, when laid back extending to the procurrent 
caudal rays. Pectoral extending 3 the distance from its base to 
the base of ventral. Ventrals 7-rayed, originating at a point 
equidistant from posterior margin of przoperculum and base of 
caudal, extending nearly to the vent. Caudalemarginate. Caudal 
peduncle as long asdeep. Reddish above, golden on the sides and 
beneath ; upper part of head and body with numerous rather large 
purplish spots ; fins pale, the dorsal, anal, and ventrals with the free 
edge blackish. 
Neighbourhood of the Great Lake, Tasmania. 
The description above is based on a single specimen measuring 
125 mm. in total length, received from Mr. R. W. Johnston in 
1880. ‘The species is said by him to be confined to the neighbour- 
hood of the Great Lake, at an altitude of about 4000 feet, and to 
attain a larger size than any other member of the genus. He 
gives the following measurements of a large specimen :—Total 
length 92 inches; length, without caudal, 83 inches; length of 
head [z.e. including opercular flap] 23 inches; depth of body 
nearly 2 inches; length of snout ? inch; interorbital width 
1 inch. 
The species is especially distinguished from the allied G. trut- 
taceus by the larger head and the more posterior position of the 
ventrals. 
