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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
synonym of Apogon conspersus Klunzinger 28 which was described earlier (fide 
Zoological Record). Vincentia may be distinguished from Lovamia and Grono- 
vichthys by its united dorsals and much greater depth of body, the depth being 
greater than length of head or about one-third total length. 
Genus YARICA nov. 
Orthotype, Apogon hyalosorna Bleeker, var. torresiensis Castelnau. 
Preoperculum weakly serrated. Orbit entire. Jaws without canine teeth. 
Small teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines ; none on tongue. Profile concave 
over eyes. Maxillary reaching to below hinder half of eye. Scales large, 
ciliated, in less than thirty transverse series on body and in two rows between 
the complete lateral line and the back. Depth about one-third total length. 
Six smooth strong spines in first dorsal, which is separate from the second. 
Vent not far in advance of anal fin which has two spines and eight rays. 
Caudal bilobed with somewhat pungent upper and lower spines. 
Yarica hyalosorna torresiensis (Castlenau). 
Apogon hyalosorna Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. iii, 1852, p. 63; et ibid.v, 1853, p. 329. 
Amboina, Batavia, Sumbawa, and Sumatra. 
Amia hyalosorna Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. vii, 1873, p. 96, pi. cecix, fig. 1. Id. Weber & Beaufort, 
Fish. Indo-Austr. Archip. v, 1929, pp. 283 and 341. 
Apogon torresiensis Castlenau, Offic. Rec. Philad. Exhib., Melbourne, 1 875, Intercolonial Exhibition 
Essays ii, p. 9. Cape York, Queensland. 
One (I. 4576) from Townsville, North Queensland. Presented by F. H. 
Taylor. The range of Bleeker’s species may be extended to include Queensland. 
Apogon torresiensis Castelnau is apparently conspecific but may be regarded as a 
variety for the present, as the Queensland form appears to have a narrower 
preorbital than that shown in Bleeker’s figure and other differences may be 
found when comparison of series of specimens can be made. 
Genus PRISTIAPOGON Klunzinger, 1870. 
Pristiapogon Klunzinger, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges., Wien, xx, 1870, p. 715. Haplotype, Apogon 
frcenalus Valenciennes. 
Preopercle distinctly serrated on both limbs. Jaws without distinct 
canine teeth. Seven dorsal spines. 
Pristiapogon frsenatus (Valenciennes). 
Apogon frcenatus Valenciennes, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, i, May 1, 1832, p. 57, pi. iv, 
fig. 4. New Guinea and Guam. 
Three specimens (Austr. Mus. Regd. Nos. I A. 3987-3989 ) from Rat Island, 
Port Curtis, Queensland, were collected by Messrs. Melbourne Ward and 
William Boardman. 
This species has not hitherto been recorded from Australia. 
28 Klunzinger, Arch. Naturges, xxxvui, 1, early 1872, p. 18, Hobson’s Bay ? 
