POLYNEMUS 



P L E B E I U S. 



Locus : Oceanus pacificus : prope Infulam Otaheite, y. Ba/ih et D , Solamlev \ prope Infulam 

 Tanna, J, Cook (Muf. Banh.) 



Prope littora, ubi mare fpumofum, hamo albls plumis te6to capitur. 

 DESCRIPTIO. 



R. 5, |. P. 2. 0.^.2,^.3,4. V. 2. A. 3, 4. C. 4, 5, 6. 



Corpus compreflum, oblongo-Janceolatum ; Diameier perpendicularis inter Pinnam Dorfalem 

 Secundam et Analem major, ad longitudinalem ut 2 : 7. 



Abdomen fubreftum, inter Pinnas Peftorales et Ventraies planiufculum, poftice convexum ; 

 Dorfum leviter curvatum, ad Pinnas parum elevatum, convexum ; Latera planiufcula ; 

 Ciutda comprefla, fuperne et inferne convexa. 



Squamte longitudinajitcr imbricats, inter Pinnam Dorfalem Secundam et Analem clrciter 20 

 feriata?, fubquadrat;v, oblong.-e, bafi truncata?, cmarginatx, apice rotundatas, lceves. 



Lhiea lateralis vix fuprema, dorfo parallela, lineolata : lineola fimplex, elevata, in medio fin- 

 guls fquamae : Squamie latiores quam longiores, bafi truncatae, oblbkte crenatas, apice 

 rotundatae, fubemarginata^. 



Anus fere in medio corpore, oblongus. 



LC : A : : 56 : 32 



Caput comprcflum, poftice corporis latitudine, fubquadrato-conicum, apice prominens, ob- 

 tufum, fuperne, inferne et lateribus planiufculum, fquamofum : Squamte fuperne et la- 

 teribus oblique imbricatce, fubtus confertim. 



RiHus ore claufo vix furfum fpedans, aperto deorfum, fuborbieularis, aniplus. 



JlfaxiHa fuperior longior, lateribus extraftilis ; OJpi utrinque bina : anteriora mobilia, leviter 

 curvata, linearia, bafi vix dilatata : pojicriora bafi linearia, apice dilatata, truncata, nuda, 

 argentea. 



Maxilla inferior intra fuperioris ofTa partim reccpta, planiufcula; Offa mobilia, leviter arcuata, 

 bafi diJatata, fuperne obfolctc lobata, apice linearia, cxtus fubcarinata, fqiiamofa; Squamis 



confertim 



