318 DESCHIPTIOX OF THEEE XEW EISHES OF QUEEXSLAXD, 



judgement " may foiiucl many a lordly possession in regions now 

 frequently desolate. 



Description of Tiieee New Eishes of Q,ueexsla:n'd. 



By Chas. W. De Vis, B.A. 



It is due to tlie discrimination of Mr. E. Spalding, Taxidermist 

 to the Queensland Museum, that doubts long ago arose as to the 

 identity of a large fish prepared by him, with the Olirjorus terrcG- 

 reqincG described by Mr. Ramsay last year, in the Proceedings of 

 the Linnean Society of K'ew South "Wales, vol. v., p. 91. My 

 attention having been directed to it, I could not hesitate to regard 

 it as an entirely distinct form. It is clear that two species at 

 least of these great perches exist together in South Queensland 

 waters. Apart from other characters, the convex nape and deep 

 chest of the one, contrast sufiiciently with the flattened anterior 

 profile and lighter girth of the other, to render their distinctive- 

 ness obvious. The fish described is a mounted specimen measur- 

 ing seven feet over all from the upper lip, and two feet in height. 

 It was netted after some pursuit by fishermen in Moreton Bay, 

 and objecting to capture well nigh demolished their net. 



Oliciohus GoLTATir, n. s. 



D. 12/15. A. a/7. 



Height 31- in the total length. Length of head 2-3- in the same. 

 Snout and interorbital width i of length of head. Predorsal 

 profile convex, lower profile rather more convex: than uj^per. 

 Lower jaw longer than upper. A single spine before the 

 opercular angle, which is unarmed. Preoperculum serrated on 

 posterior limb, denticulated on lower angle and emarginate above 

 that angle. L^niforni brown, except that a narrow premedian, 

 light vertical bar crosses the caudal fiu. There is a short weak 

 spine behind the tenth dorsal spine — this may be an individual 



