320 POLYNEMID^. 



1. Polynemus multifilis. 



Polynemus multifilis, Schlcff. Faun. Japan. Pltiss. p. 29^ and Bydrage 

 tot lie dierkwifle, 1851, p. 12, cum tab. 



qiiatuordecimtilis, Pel, Bijdraffe tot de dierJcundef, 1851, p» 9. 



polydactyhis, Bleeker, Borneo^ vi. p. 417. 



D. 7-8|^. A.-^. L. lat. 100. 



Foiu'teen pectoral appendages,, the upper of which are more than 

 twdce the length of the body. 



Eivers and South coast of Borneo, 



2, Polynemus octonemus. 



Girard, P)-oc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 167. 



Eight free pectoral appendages, the tip of the longest of which 

 extends beyond the origin of the anal fin. (Gir.) 

 Texas. 



3. Polynemus paradiseus. 



Edwards, Av. p. 208. t. 208; Russell, ii. i. 185. 

 PoljTiemus paradiseus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1401 [not BhcK]. 

 Polynemus, no. 398, Gronov. Zoophyl. 



risua, aureus ?, toposui ?, Buch. Ham. Gang. Fishes, p. 228. 



longifilis, Ciw. <§• Val. iii. p. 365, vii. p. 512 ; Bleeker, Borneo, ii. 



p. 268, and Borneo, vi. p. 418. 



D. 7 I ^. A. -^. L. lat. 67. L. transv. 6/14. C^. pylor. 10. 

 Vert. 10/15. 



Seven free pectoral appendages, the upper of which are exceedingly 

 long, much longer than the body. The length of the upper max- 

 illary is 2^ in that of the head. Ventrals yellow. 



East Indian Seas, entering rivers. 



a. Adult. India. 



b. Adult. India. 



c. Adult female. India. 



d-g. Half-grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



h-h. Half- grown. India. Presented by G. E. Waterhouse, Esq. 



I. Half-grown. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von 



Schlagintweit. 

 m. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. Calcutta. From the Collection 



of the East India Company. 

 n. Half-grown. Ganges. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 0, Half-grown. Bengal. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 

 p. Fine specimen. Siam. From M. Mouhot's Collection. 

 q. Adult : stuffed : bad state. 



Air-bladder none. 



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