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VICTORIAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS GALAXIAS 
Galaxias planiceps Macleay. 
Galaxias planiceps Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vi, 
1881, p. 233. 
Galaxias zvaitii Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1905, ii (1906), p. 376, pi. 11, 
fig. 2. 
The receipt of specimens from near Goorambat, about 30 
miles south of the Murray River, enables me to add this 
species to the Victorian list. Local interest was aroused when 
examples appeared in road-side drains after heavy rain. A 
female, 72 mm. in total length and greatly distended with ova, 
was received on July 29, 1936. In Victoria it is probable that 
this species is confined to the IMiirray River and its tributaries. 
Galaxias ornatus Castelnan. 
Galaxias ornatus Castelnan, Proc. Zool. and Acclim. Soc. Viet., ii, 1873, 
p. 153; Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1905, ii (1906), p. 381. 
Galaxias findlayi Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vii, 
1882, p. 107; Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1905, ii (1906), p. 382, pi. 13, 
fig. 3. 
Most species of the genus in Australia exhibit considerable 
variation due possibly to various factors such as age, or the 
effect of prevailing conditions on growth. The slight differ- 
ences between ornatus and findlaj/i appear to be no more than 
variation within the species, and this would account for the 
fact that ornatus has not been recognized since it was 
described, all specimens being referred to -findlayi. 
Examples of the species as here defined, from various 
localities in eastern Victoria, are in the collections of the 
National Museum. 
Galaxias fuscus sp. nov. 
B.8; D.12; A.12; V.7; P.15; C.18. 
Head, 5 6, depth of body, 8 4, in total length. Snout longer than diameter 
of eye, 3 7 in head. Eye L5 in interorbital width and 4 2 in head. Jaws 
equal, maxillary extending to below midde of eye. Gill-rakers short, slender, 
9 on lower part of anterior arch. Teeth in jaws subequal. 
Fig. 1. Galaxias fuscus sp. nov. 
Distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 3 5 in total length. Anal 
commencing slightly in advance of the vertical from posterior end of base of 
dorsal. Pectoral extending two-fifths the distance from its base to base of 
