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MEMOIltS OF THE QUEEN SLANT) MUSEUM. 
to be accurate. Sherborn, in his Index Animalium, considers Hepsetia Bonaparte 
as a possible error for Hepsetus Swainson. 10 The latter genus has been over- 
looked by most ichthyologists and is apparently based on Hydrocyon hepsetus 
Cuvier, which is not an atherine, so that Swainson’s name may be dismissed 
from further consideration here. Jordan & Hubbs regarded Atherina boyeri 
Risso * 11 as the genotype of Hepsetia Bonaparte, but Sherborn’s citation of the 
original reference, which is not accessible to me, strongly suggests that Atherina 
hepsetus Linne is the tautotype, in which case Hepsetia becomes an absolute 
synonym of Atherina Linne. 
Under these circumstances, 1 consider it necessary to provide the new 
name Pranesus ogilbyi for the Australian atherine hitherto known as Atherina 
pinguis or Hepsetia pinguis Lacdpede. Ogilby 12 suggested that the Queensland 
form might be distinct from the typical Mauritius species, so I propose the specific 
name in honour of that accomplished ichthyologist. The type of the species is 
the Moreton Bay specimen in the Queensland Museum figured in his paper. 
Family A LOG ON I ILL. 
Genus LOVAMIA nov. 
Orthotype, Muttus fasciatus White. 13 
Preopercle serrated on vertical limb and angle. Orbit entire. Jaws 
without distinct canine teeth. Small teeth in jaws and on vomer and palatines ; 
none on tongue. A flat opercular spine. Maxillary not reaching vertical of 
hinder margin of eye. 
Scales large, ciliated, in about 25 transverse series on body and in two 
rows between the complete lateral line and the back. Depth about one-third 
standard length and not much less than length of head. Body with dark 
longitudinal bands. No subcutaneous peritoneal tube above anal fin. 
Seven smooth, pungent spines in anterior dorsal fin, which is separated 
from the posterior dorsal. Vent not far in advance of anal fin, which is short, 
with two spines and eight or nine rays. Caudal bilobed, without pungent 
spines. 
The species accommodated by the genus Lovamia have been dealt with 
by Radcliffe 14 and by McCulloch. 15 A useful key to some genera of Apogonidse 
has been compiled by Jordan & Jordan. 16 Apogon endekatcenia Bleeker 17 is 
a species of Lovamia. 
10 Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classif. Fish. Amphib. Rept. i, Oct. 1838, p. 259. 
11 Risso, Ichth. Nice 1810, p. 338, Mediterranean Sea. 
12 Ogilby, Mom. Qld. Mus. i, 1912, pp. 37-38, pi. xii, fig. 1, and text-fig. a. 
13 White, Voy. N. S. Wales, 1790, p. 2G8 and plate. Ex Shaw MS., Port Jackson, N.S.W. 
14 Radcliffe, Proc. XT. S. Nat. Mus. xli, 1911, pp. 245-261, pis. xx-xxv. 
15 McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour iii, 3, 1915, pp. 115-120. 
16 Jordan & Jordan, Mem. Carnegie Mus. x, 1, 1922, pp. 43-44. 
17 Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. iii, 1852, p. 449. 
