1905. J OF THE FAMILY GALAXIID.E, 383 



26. Galaxias dissimilis, sp. n. 



Teeth in the jaws subequal, without distinct lateral canines. 

 Depth of body 6 in the length, length of head 3|. Snout much 

 longer than eye, the diameter of which is 5 in the length of head, 

 interorbital width 3^. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending 

 to below anterior | of eye. 8 or 9 bi-anchiostegals. 13 gill-rakers 

 on the lower part of the anterior arch. Dorsal 13 ; distance from 

 origin of dorsal to base of caudal 2^ 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 

 If as long as deep. Uniform brownish (in spirit). 



? New South Wales. 

 1. (75 mm.) type of the species. Australian Mus. 



Neochanna. 



Neochamia Giinth. 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 vertebrae. 



A single species from New Zealand. 



Neochanna apoda. 



Neochanna apoda Giinth. t. c. p. 306, pi. vii.; Hutton, Fish. 

 N. Zeal. p. 61, pi. x. fig. 97 (1872). 



Depth of body 7-8 in the length, length of head 5-5|-. Dia- 

 metei- of eye 6-8 in the length of head, interorbital width 2.|-2^-. 

 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 3|-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 |- the length of head. Caudal rounded. 

 Yellowish, marbled or barred with dark brown ; fins sometimes 

 with small dai'k spots. 



New Zealand. 



EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES. 

 Plate X. 



Fiij:. 1. Galaxias affinis, p. 380. 



"2. „ /iM^oMi (X 2), p. 373. 



3. „ punctifer (X 1^), p. 367. 



4. „ lynx, p. 373. 



