1905.] OF THE FAMILY GALAXIID.E. 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 ram.') Tasmania. Sir J. Richardson. 



' 2-6. (90-130 mm.) Tasmania. Haslav 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 [1. c.) there are Tasmanian varieties of 

 this species without bars above the pectoral. 



19, Galaxias auratus. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 



Galaxias auratus Johnston, Proc. Roy. See. Tasmania, 1881, 

 p. 131 (1882). 



Lower jaw with the lateral teeth somewhat enlai"ged. Depth 

 of body about 5 in the length, length of head about 4. Snout 

 scarcely longer than eye, the diameter of which is 4^ in the 

 leng-th of head, intei-orbital width 2|-. Jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior ^ of eye. 7-9 branchio- 

 stegals. 10 gill-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. 

 Dorsal IV 8 ; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 

 3| in the length of the fish. Anal IV 10, commencuig below the 

 middle of the dorsal, when laid back extending to the procurrent 

 caudal rays. Pectoral extending 4 the distance from its base to 

 the base of ventral. Ventrals 7 -rayed, originating at a point 

 equidistant from posterior margin of pra3operculum and base of 

 caudal, extending nearly to the vent. Caudal emarginate. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as deep. Reddish above, golden on the sides and 

 beneath ; upper part of head and body with numei-ous 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 9| inches ; length, without caudal, 8| inches ; length of 

 head \i. e. including opercular flap] 2| 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 

 venti-als. 



