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eleven rays ; the caudal is emarginate, of sixteen rays ; the anal 
is a little behind the dorsal, and has fourteen rays ; the ventrals 
are inserted a little nearer to the anal than to the pectorals ; they 
are rather large, and formed of seven rays ; the pectorals are 
rather shorter than the ventrals, but longer than the distance from 
the posterior margin of the eye to the extremity of the operculum. 
The lower teeth are a little longer than the upper ; on the tongue 
there are are three or four large teeth in front, and a line on each 
side further backwards. 
Of a light green colour, with the belly white ; the head is 
purple ; all along the body are numerous, minute, black points, 
disposed in transverse clusters. The fins are white ; sometimes 
there is a transverse green hlotch on the middle of the dorsal ; 
base of the anal of the same colour ; caudal, is green ; the eye, 
silvery. 
Very common in the lower Tarra ; it attains 7 and 8 inches in 
length. 
The specimens preserved in liquor, take a general brown 
appearance. 
Nota. — I have given here the number of fin rays that I have 
usually found; but they seem to be subject to great varia- 
tion, as in some specimens absolutely similar I find — D. 10. 
A. 15. In one, the number of the dorsal rays is much less stiU, 
(7) ; but I am not certain that it is entire. 
GALAXIAS CYLINDEICUS. 
Very nearly allied to Attemiatus, but still longer. The height 
of the body is contained ten and a-half times in the total length ; 
the head is seven and a-quarter times in the same ; the eye is 
four and a-half times in the length of the head. The lower jaw 
is rather longer than the other. The body is long and cylin- 
drical. The dorsal is formed of ten rays — the first very short ; 
the anal of from twelve to fourteen, the first of which is very 
short ; the caudal is emarginated, of eighteen or nineteen long 
rays ; the ventrals of seven rays ; they are placed at an equal dis- 
tance from the end of the mandibula to the base of the anal. Six 
very large hooked teeth on the front part of the tongue, and 
others, on each side, backwards. 
