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GAIAXIAS TEESICOIOE. 
Body oval ; head attenuated, and rather pointed. Height four 
and two-third times in the total length ; head five and eight- 
tenths in the same ; eye four and one-third times in the length 
of the head. The lower jaw is a little longer than the other ; 
cleft of the mouth rather small ; the maxillary just attaining the 
vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. The fins are rather 
large ; the dorsal and anal begin opposite one another ; the first 
has nine rays, and the second twelve ; the caudal is rather emar- 
ginated, with sixteen long rays ; the pectoral is equal in length 
o the distance from the posterior margin of the eye to the end 
of the operculum ; it is formed of thirteen rays ; the ventrals are 
placed at an equal distance from the pectorals and the anal. The 
teeth are small on the upper jaw, hut much larger, straight, 
pointed and rather distant one from the other on the lower ; those 
of the tongue are large, straight, and pointed. 
The body is of a fine green ; the lower part of the head is grey, 
and the one of the body of an orange yellow ; the head and 
body are covered with very minute blue points. The fins are 
grey, with the rays white ; the ventrals are also white ; the 
fluxes form on the middle of the body traces of transverse obscure 
arched lines ; eye of the colour of gold. 
Seen only one specimen, in a marsh near St. Kilda. Length, 
5i inches. 
GAEAXIAS ATTENUATUS. 
Gralaxias attenuatus, Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 121 
pi. 22, fig. 5. 
Ciiv. ^ Val., vol. xviii., p. 348. 
Height of the body seven and six-eighth times in the total 
length ; length of head, six and a-half times in same ; eye five 
times in the length of the head. Body very elongate; rather 
cylindrical; jaws equal in length; cleft of the mouth rather 
small, not attaining the vertical from the front of the eye. The 
lateral line is well marked and straight. From the beginning of 
the dorsal to the verticS,! of the centre of the eye, there is three 
times the distance to the beginning of the caudal ; the dorsal has 
