10 SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF AUSTRALIA, 



King George's Sound. (Klunzinger.) 



1143. Apogon Lemprieri. Johnston. 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1882, p. 142. 



" B. 7. D. 6. 1/10. A. 2/9. L. lat. 27. L. far. 3/10." 



" The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 is contained nearly three times in the total length. Snout short ; 

 length about half the diameter of the eye, which latter is fully 

 one-third of the length of the head. The maxillary scarcely 

 reaches the vertical from the posterior margin of the eye. Lower 

 jaws prominent. Two minute cavities on upper part of snout. 

 Hinder margin of prseoperculum minutely dentate, anterior 

 ridge simple. Spine of operculum reduced to a soft pointed 

 membrane. No dark spots on root of caudal. Uniformly 

 brownish, with iridescent shades of purple, gold, and light blue ; 

 lighter towards belly. Tips of ventral and dorsal fins blackish. 

 Other fins light reddish." 



Hah. Dunkley's Point, Sandy Bay, Tasmania. One specimen 4 

 inches long. 



Species 86. Nannoperca Riverince. Macleay. 



Klunzinger's Paradules foetus seems to be this species. His 

 genus Paradules must go, as Gunther's genus Nannoperca has 

 priority by more than 10 years. 



1144. Nannoperca obscura. Klunz. 

 Paradules obscurus Klunz. Archiv. f. Naturg., 1872. 

 Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wissensch., 1879, tab. 1, fig 2. 



D. 9/10. A. 3/6. P. 9-10. C. 17. L. lat. 28-30. L. tr. 

 21/10. 



Height 3| and head 3g in the length. Body elongate, elliptic ; 

 profile of head slightly parabolic, nearly straight. Head, snout, 

 forehead and prseorbital naked ; mouth small, the maxillary 

 reaching only to below the front margin of the eye. Praeorbital 

 nearly scpiare, dentate on the posterior mai'gin and angle. 

 Operculum with two spines. Lateral line not continuous, 

 following the line of the back. Dorsal fin deeply notched, the 

 first spine small, the last ray longest ; the fin commences before 



