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Lovamia is related to A pogon Lachpede, 16 but may be distinguished by 
the larger scales, more denticulate preoperculum, dark longitudinal bands on 
body, shorter maxillary and bands of teeth in jaws. Ma&rolepis Rafinesque 19 
and Aplogon Agassiz 2 ' 1 are regarded as synonyms of Apogon Lacepede. 
Amia was the generic name given by Gronow 21 to a fish from the East 
Indies. Gronow’s work is non-binomial so his generic name is not available for 
use. Gray 22 later revived Gronow’s name in a binomial form and he named the 
East Indian species Amia percceformis from Gronow’s manuscripts. But Amia 
Gray is preoccupied by Amia Linne, 1766, a different genus of fishes, and by 
Amia Gistel, 1848, a genus of Coleoptera. The tvpe-species, Amia percceformis 
Gray, is a synonym of Apogon mohccensis Valenciennes 23 according to Bleeker, 24 
but as that species has maxillary reaching vertical of hinder margin of eye, 
weaker dorsal spines, and no longitudinal bands on body, it also may be easily 
distinguished from Lovamia. Meuschen 25 gave the binomial name Amia calva 
to Gronow’s non-binomial genus and species, but his identification was incorrect, 
as Amia calva Liime 26 is the American Bowfin, an entirely different fish. The 
best course to pursue under these circumstances is to use the generic name 
Gronovichthys for the unstriped Indo-Pacific species of “Amia.” 
Genus GRONOVICHTHYS Whitley, 1929. 
Gronovichthys Whitley, Rec. Austr. Mus. xvii, 6, Nov. 28, 1929, p. 302, footnote. 
Orthotype, Amia percceformis Gray. 
Similar to Lovamia, but with the maxillary reaching vertical of hinder 
margin of eye ; no longitudinal bands on body ; dorsal spines weak. 
Gronovichthys replaces Amia Gronow, 1763, non-binomial = Amia 
Meuschen, 1781 and Gray, 1854, preoccupied by Amia Linne, 1766 {vide supra). 
Genus VINCENTIA Castelnau, 1872. 
Another genus of fishes which claims attention here is Vincentia Castelnau. 27 
The haplotype is the South Australian V. waterhousii Castelnau, which is a 
18 Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 1802, p. 411. Haplotype, A. ruber Lacepdde = Mullus 
imberbis Linnd. Bibron (Diet, pittoresq. hist. nat. i, 1833, p. 237) remarked “ C’est fort mal a 
propos que Lacepede a considers le poisson qu’il a pris pour type do ce genre, le Mulle imberbe 
( Mullus imberbis) d’ Artedi et de Linne.” 
19 Rafinesque, Analyse Nat. 1815, p. 86. Nomen nudum. 
20 Agassiz, Nomencl. Zool., 1846, Index. Univ. 
21 Gronow, Zoophylac. Gronovianum, 1763, pp. 11 and 80, No. 273, pi. ix, fig. 2. 
22 Gray, Cat. Fish coll. Gronow Brit. Mus., 1854, p. 173. 
23 Valenciennes, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1832, p. 54. 
24 Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. vii, 1876, p. 93, pi. eocxxvii, fig. 1, as A. monochrous. 
25 Meuschen, Index Zoophylac. Gronov. 1781, No. 273; Whitley, Rec. Austr. Mus. xvii, 
1929, p. 302. 
28 Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, p. 500. 
- 27 Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soe. Viet, i, July 15, 1872, p. 245, St. Vincent’s Gulf. 
