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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
This new generic name is required to differentiate the odd species well described 
by Klunzinger and beautifully figured by his artist Edward Konopicky, after whom 
I name the genus. 
Genus AUSTROCHANDA Whitley, 1935. 
Aiistrochanda Whitley, Ree, S. Austr. Mus. v. Sept. 30, 1935, p. 357. 
Orthotype, Pseudoamhassis machayi Castelnau. 
AUSTROCHANDA MACLEAYI (Castelnau). 
Pseudoamhassis tnadeayi Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii, Sept. 1878, p. 43. 
Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria. 
Amhassis nalua Cockerell, Mem. Qld. Mus. v, 1916, p. 54. Scales from the Caj^e' Bowling 
Green, Queensland, specimens noted hereunder. Not Chanda nalua Hamilton- Buchanan, Acc. 
Fish. Ganges, 1822, p. 107, pi. vi, fig. 36 from the Ganges. 
Austrochanda machayi Whitley, Rec. S. Austr. Mus. v, 1935, p. 357, figs. 6-7 (references, 
synonymy, and type-specimens). Queensland. 
Five specimens, 54-82 mm. in standard length (Q. Mus. regd. Nos. I. 1971-1978), 
from Cape Bowling Green, collected by Dr. Hamlyn Harris, agree with the pallidus 
form of this species, figured by me in 1935 {loc. cit., fig. 7). Ogilby had labelled these 
specimens Amfjassis nalua, and as such the species was recorded from Queensland by 
Cockerell. The true Chanda nalua Hamilton-Buchanan has, however, much deeper 
cheeks and depth of body half standard length. 
The Cape Bowling Green specimens have the following characters : — -Profile 
of head excavated over eyes. 10-11 predorsal scales. L. lat 22 or 23, complete. 
Preorbital and suborbital serrations weak. A single supraorbital spine. Lower limbs 
of preoperculum strongly serrated. No teeth on tongue. 
Colour now straw yellowish, front edge of longest dorsal spine dusky. No 
prominent dark edge to dorsal membrane. A thin brown streak along middle of each 
side of caudal peduncle. 
Marine. 
Genus ACANTHOPERCA Castelnau, 1878. 
ACANTHOPERCA GULLIVERI Castelnau. 
Acanthoperca gulliveri Castelnau, Proo. Linn. vSoc. N. S. Wales, iii, Sept. 1878, p. 44. Norman 
River, Queensland. Type in Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. 
Amhassh gigas Ramsay and Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2), i, 1886, p. 9. Strick- 
land River, New Guinea. T^i>e in Australian Museum, Sydney. Id. Weber and Beaufort, Fish. 
Indo-Austr. Arch, v, 1929, p. 403, fig, 97. 
A fine series of eleven specimens, 3 to 5 inches long, of this species is preserved 
in the Australian Museum (Nos. I. 13066-13074) from the Flinders River and adjacent 
pools near Hughenden and Richmond, Queensland ; presented by Mr. F. L. Berney 
in 1914. 
