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Family POLYNEMID^. 



POLYNEMUS, L. 



171. Polynemus sexfilis. [671.] 

 Polynemus sexfilis, Cuv. if Val. vii. p. 515 ; Gunth. Fish. ii. p. 325. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. 



172. Polynemus seztarius. [59.] 



Polynemus sextarius, Block, p. 18, t. 4; Cuv. if Val. iii. p. 388, vii. p. 514; Bleek. Verhand. Bat. 

 Gen. 1849, vol. xxii., Perc. p. 59 ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 32 ; Gunth. Fish. ii. p. 326. 



Bagamoia, east coast of Africa. East Indian seas. 



Family SCLENHXE. 



SCI^ENA, Artedi. 



173. Sciaena sina. [143.] 

 Johnius sina, Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 122. 



Sciaena sina, Gunth. Fish. ii. p. 292. 



Bagamoia, east coast of Africa. Bombay. Malabar. Japan. 



OTOLTTHUS, Cuv. 



174. Otolithus argenteus. [90.] 



Otolithus argenteus, (Kuhl fy v. Hass.) Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 62; Gunth. Fish. ii. p. 310; Kner, Novara, 

 Fisch. p. 135, t. 6. f. 4 (air-bladder). 



Aden. Mouth of Pangani river, east coast of Africa. Seas of India, Ceylon, and Java. 



Family XIPHIHXE. 



HISTIOPHORUS, Lacep. 

 175. Histiophorus brevirostris, sp. n. [682.] 



The anterior portion of the dorsal is somewhat elevated, but much less so than in 

 any species hitherto described, the third spine being considerably less than the height 



