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dorsals more continuous it seems not to differ much from the 

 preceding genus. 



84. ACANTHOPERCA Q-ULLIYERI, Castclu. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 45. 

 Norman Eiver. 



Genus Nannoperca, Gunth. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size. 

 Dorsal fins slightly contiguous at the base, the first with seven 

 spines. Three anal spines. Narrow bands of villiform teeth in 

 the jaws on the vomer, and on the palatine bones. None of the 

 hones of the head serrated. Six branchiostegals. Pseudobranchise. 

 No lateral line. 



85. Nannoperca australis, Gunth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1861, p. 116, pi. 19, fig. 2. 



D. 7. 1/8. A. 3/7. y. 1/5. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 12. 



Height of body four times and five-sevenths in the total length 

 the length of the head thrice and two-thirds in the same. Mouth 

 narrow and oblique, the lower jaw projecting. The eye is much 

 wider than the interorbital space. The ridges of the pree- 

 operculum are close together and smooth ; the second dorsal 

 spine is the longest, and double the length of the first ; anal spine 

 strong, the second and third about equal. Caudal fin rounded ; 

 the ventrals inserted behind the pectorals, and do not reach the 

 vent. The colour of the dried specimens seems to have been 

 greenish above, each scale having a darker margin. From two 

 to three inches long. 



The Murray Eiver. 



86. NaNNOPERCA RIVERIN-S), 7l. sp. 



D. 8/8. A. 3/6. L. lat. about 24. L. transv. 15. 

 Height of body about a third of the length without caudal fin. 

 Eye rather large, about the length of the snout, but less than the 



