1. POLTXEMTJS. 325 



10. Polynemus hexanemus. 



Cut: Sf Val. iii. p. 389 ; ? Bleeker, Perc. p. 59 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 33. 

 D.8|± A.A 



Six pectoral appendages, some of which reach to the caudal fin. 

 The length of the caudal lobes is more than one-third of the total. 

 {Cuv.SfCant.) 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Skin of a young specimen. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. 

 Cantor's Collection. 



11. Polynemus xanthonemus. 



PohTiemus xanthonemus, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 517 ; Richards. Ichth. 



Cliin. p. 219. 

 ? Polynemus approximans, Lay 8)- Benn. in Beech. Voy. Zool. Fishes, 



p. 67. 



D. 8 ^. A. ^. Csec. pylor. 12. 



Six pectoral appendages, reaching beyond the tip of the ventrals. 

 The length of the caudal lobes is one-fifth of the total. Coloration 

 unifonn ; fins edged with black. ( Val.) 



Coast of Coromandel. 



Air-bladder none. 



12. Polynemus sexfilis. 



Cuv. 8f Val. vii. p. 51.5. 



D.8|^. A.i 



Six pectoral appendages. The margins of the dorsal and anal fins 

 emarginate. No black spot on the shoulder ; tips of the dorsal and 

 pectoral fins black. ( Val.) 



lie de France. 



Air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in great number. 

 13. Polynemus kuru. 



Bleeker, Ternate, ii. p. 600. 



D. 8 I ^. A. ^^. L. lat. 60. 



Six pectoral appendages, the uppermost of which reaches to tht 

 vent. PriEoperculum with a smaU spine above the angle. The 

 second dorsal and the anal emarginate ; the upper caudal lobe 85 in 

 the total length. Yellowish, with about eighteen bro^\^l longitudinal 

 stripes. {Bl.) 



Sea of Ternate. 



Air-bladder large. 



