. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 356 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 139, No. 7. Figure 6. Galaxias fasciatus Gray, 155 mm , Makahika Stream, Ohau River System. the Auckland Islands. They were treated as synonyms of G. fasciatus by both Gun- ther (1866: 209) and Regan (1905: 374). Fishes of this type have not otherwise been recorded from the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, the only species there being G. brevipinnis Giinther. Both Gunther and Regan based their identifications on re- examination of Richardson's material, and t
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 356 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 139, No. 7. Figure 6. Galaxias fasciatus Gray, 155 mm , Makahika Stream, Ohau River System. the Auckland Islands. They were treated as synonyms of G. fasciatus by both Gun- ther (1866: 209) and Regan (1905: 374). Fishes of this type have not otherwise been recorded from the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, the only species there being G. brevipinnis Giinther. Both Gunther and Regan based their identifications on re- examination of Richardson's material, and the excellent likenesses of G. fasciatus in Richardson's figures (his plates 42 and 43) definitely support the view of Gunther and Regan. Despite several collections from these islands (, the Cape Expedition, 1941-45, see Stokell, 1950), G. fasciatus has not been re-collected there, and there is no evidence to suggest it is present. It is possible that it has become extinct in the islands since Richardson's fishes were col- lected, or that the material he studied was incorrectly labeled. Since G. fasciatus has marine larvae and juveniles, its dispersal to the sub-Antarctic islands is comprehen- sible, although its temperature preferences appear to be higher than those of G. brevi- pinnis (McDowall, 1965a: 299), indicating that these islands are probably less suited to G. fasciatus than to G. brevipinnis, which is present there. The possibility that the specimens were incorrectly labeled re- mains nothing more than a possibility. Nevertheless, G. brocchus and G. reticu- lars are probably best regarded as syno- nyms of G. fasciatus, and as not occurring on the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zea- land, until further collections indicate otherwise. Description. Stout bodied, trunk squar- ish to rounded in section, somewhat flat- tened dorsally with middorsal furrow present; trunk deep, greatest body depth at or a little in front of pelvic fins, de- pressed anteriorly on head and m
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