
672 RECORDS OF THE §.A. MusEUM 
whith are not available. Regan’s account of these species is poor and suggests that 
he had uo personal acquaintance with them, but the length of the peetoral fin of 
G, schomburgkti, which he records as extending more than half of the distance to 
the ventral, seems sufficient 1o separate this species from the present form, in 
which the vatio is -41--42, In G, rostratus the anal fin is said to originate a Liltle 
behind the origin of {he dorsal, while in G. hayi the anal origin is beneath the 
8th-10th dorsal ray. The species @. negothoruh needs no consideration as it post- 
dates G. kayi, An enquity into the validity of these species js desirable but would 
require to be earried out in the loeality concerned. There are indications that at 
least some of them are based on single specimens, 
The status of G. ofidus depends on what view is taken of the headless specimen 
associated with the deformed type, Tf the headless specimen is aveepted as 
practically a co-type it may be possible to identify the species with some existing 
form, but otherwise the name olidus must be regarded as invalid. The solution 
of this problent may be assisted by access to the X-ray photographs of the two 
specimens. 
A description of the present specimens of kayi is given below. 
GALAXIAS KAyr Ramsay and Ogilby. 
Galaxias kayi Ramsay and Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S. Wales, v.1 (2), 1886, p. 6. 
Galaxias olidus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soe., i, 1905, p. 381. B. 7-7. D. iii-iv, 7-9. 
A, iv—vi, 8-10, V.. 7-7. Vertebrae (without hypural 51-52). 
Jaws about equal, without or with slightly developed lateral canines, entop- 
tergoidal teeth strong, 7 on each bone, gill rakers short, 8-10 on lower limb of 
anterior gill areb, pyloric caeea short but definite. Maxillary seareely extending 
to middle of eye, head 5+07—4- 28 in standard length, dorsal inserted at. *68=-"73 of 
standard length, least depth of tail +55--58 of the distance from rear of dorsal to 
base of caudal, caudal emareinate with tips of lobes rounded. Pectoral extending 
-41—-42 of the distance from its axil to the ventral, ventral inserted at -31-+54 
of the standard length, extending -51]—-53 of the distance from its root to the 
anal, anal originating beneath 8th-10th dorsal ray (all counted), branched rays 
of anal subdivided into 4. Maximum total length observed 79 mm, 
LITERATURE CITED, 
Gunther, A. (1866) ; Cat. Fish., British Musenm, xi, 
Ramsay Hh. P.. and Oviluy J.D. (1886): **Deseriptions of some new Australian 
Wishes,’ Prac, Linn, Sac., NWS, Wales, L, p. 6. 
Regan, (.'T. (1905) = “A Revision of the Fishes of the Family Galaxiidae.’’ Prac. 
Zool, Soc., London, ii, pp. 85-112. 
