1905. | OF THE FAMILY GALAXIID. 383 
26. GALAXIAS DISSIMILIS, sp. nl. 
Teeth in the jaws subequal, without distinct lateral canines. 
Depth of body 6 in the length, length of head 33. Snout much 
longer than eye, the diameter of which is 5 in the length of head, 
interorbital width 31. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending 
to below anterior } of eye. 8 or 9 branchiostegals. 13 gill-rakers 
on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal 13; distance from 
origin of dorsal to base of caudal 24 in the length of the fish; 
length of base of dorsal equal to its distance from the caudal. 
Anal 9, commencing below the last 2 or 3 rays of dorsal, when 
laid back not reaching the caudal. Pectoral extending § of the 
distance from its base to the base of ventral. Ventrals 6-rayed, 
commencing below the origin of dorsal, extending nearly to the 
origin of anal. Caudal slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 
12 as long as deep. Uniform brownish (in spirit). ' 
? New South Wales. 
1. (75 mm.) type of the species. Australian Mus. 
NEOCHANNA. 
Neochanna Ginth. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) xx. 1867, p. 305. 
Differs from Galaxias in having no ventral fins, the teeth in the 
jaws obtuse and somewhat compressed, and the palate toothless. 
54 vertebree. 
A single species from New Zealand. 
NEOCHANNA APODA. 
Neochanna apoda Giinth. t. ¢. p. 306, pl. vil.; Hutton, Fish. 
N. Zeal. p. 61, pl. x. fig. 97 (1872). 
Depth of body 7-8 in the length, length of head 5-52. Dia- 
meter of eye 6-8 in the length of head, interorbital width 23-25. 
Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending to below the eye. 
7 branchiostegals. 8 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior 
arch. Dorsal 16-19; distance from origin of dorsal to base of 
caudal 32-34 in the length of the fish. Anal 16-19, opposite to 
the dorsal and similar to it, both fins subcontinuous with the 
caudal. Pectoral about 2 the length of head. Caudal rounded. 
Yellowish, marbled or barred with dark brown ; fins sometimes 
with small dark spots. 
New Zealand. 
1. (135 mm.) type of the species. New Zealand. Sir G. Grey. 
2. (114 mm.) Hokatika. Otago Mus. 
3-6. (67-88 mm.) ks KE. Hill, Esq. 
7, Skeleton. a se 
8. (127 mm.) — Sir D. Cooper. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
PuatE X. 
Fig.1. Galaxias affinis, p. 380. 
2. ia huttoni (X 2), p. 373. 
3. a punetifer (X 12), p. 367. 
A. A; lynx, p. 373. 
