1905.] OF THE FAMILY GALAXIID^. 373 



nearer to tip of snout than to base of caudal or equidistant from 

 base of pectoral and origin of anal, extending nearly |^ of the 

 distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle 1-| as long as deep. Greyish, with traces of 

 darker vertical stripes ; a dark bar above the pectoral. 



Falkland Islands. 

 1. (110 mm ) type of the species. Falkland Is. Sir A. Smith. 



9. Galaxias HUTTOiSri, sp. n. (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Teeth apparently as in Gr. attenuatus. Depth of body 

 about 7 in the length, length of head neaily 5. Snout a 

 little shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3-3| in the 

 length of head, interorbital width about 2,|. Jaws equal an- 

 teriorly ; maxillary extending to below anteiior | or anteiior ^ 

 of eye. 7 branchiostegals. 9 gill-rakers on the lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal III-IY 7-8 ; distance from origin of dorsal 

 to base of caudal 3|-3f in the length of the fish. Anal lY-V 10-12, 

 commencing below the origin or anterior part of dorsal, when laid 

 back not extending to the caudal. Pectoral extending from more 

 than I to 1^ of the distance from its base to the base of ventral, 

 Yentrals 7-rayed, originating at a point equidistant from tip of 

 snout and base of caudal, or nearer the former, or equidistant from 

 base of pectoral and origin of anal, extending from more than g to 

 I of the distance from their base to the origin of anal. Caudal 

 emarginate. Cau.dal peduncle If -2 as long as deep. Yellowish 

 with brown cross-bars ; fins pale. 



Lake Rainiera, New Zealand. 



1-7. (39-45 mm.) types of the species. Lake Rainiera. Prof. F. W. Hutton. 



Perhaps as closely allied to G. lynx as to G. attenuatus. 



10. Galaxias lynx. (Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Galaxias olidus (non Glinth.) Hutton, Trans. X. Zealand Inst. 

 V. 1872, p. 270, and Fishes of X. Zeal. Suppl. p. 11 (1873). 



Galaxias lynx Hutton, Trans. X. Zealand Inst, xxviii. 1896, 

 p. 317. 



Lower jaw with distinct lateral canines. Depth of body 6-7 in 

 the length, length of head 4^-4-|. ^Snout nearly as long as or 

 longer than eye, the diameter of which is 3|~5 in the length of 

 head, interorbital width 2f-3. Jaws equal anteriorly or the lower 

 slightly projecting ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye, 

 in the adult. 8 or 9 branchiostegals. 12-14 gill-rakers on the 

 lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal lY 8 ; distance from origin 

 of dorsal to base of caudal 3|-3| in the length of the fish. Anal 

 Y 10-11, commencing below the anterior part of the dorsal, when 

 laid back not nearly extending to the caudal. Pectoral extending 

 i or nearly \ of the distance from its base to the base of ventral. 

 Yentrals 7-rayed, originating at a point about equidistant from eye 

 and base of caudal or from middle or posterior part of pectoral and 

 origin of anal, extending |— | of the distance from their base to 



