152(5 POLYJ.'EllIIi.E. 



14. Polynemus sextarius. 



Block, Si/st. p. 18. t. 4 ; Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 388, vii. p. ol4 ; Bleckcr, 

 Fere. p. 59 ; Cant. Catal. p. 32. 



iSix pectoral appendages, reaching to, or slightly beyond the tip 

 of the ventral ; lohes of the caudal one-fifth of the total length. A 

 black spot on the shoulder -. pectorals sometimes black. 



East Indian Seas. 



Air-bladder excessively small, pointed at both extremities, of the 

 shape and size of a grain of oats. 



a. Young : skin : not good state. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. 

 Cantor's Collection. 



15. Polynemus pfeifferse. 



Bleeker, Sinnatra, 11. p. 249. 



D. 8|^. A.;^. L. lat. 48. 



8ix pectoral appendages, some of which reach to the anal. The 

 height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the head 

 five times ; the length of the upper maxillary is 1| in that of the 

 head. Praioperculum with a small spine abo\'e the angle. The length 

 of the caudal lobes is 3| in the total. Fins yellow, minutely dotted 

 with Ijlack ; the black colour predominant on the pectoral, ventral, 

 anal and caudal fins. {Bl.) 



Sea of Priaman (Sumatra). 



Air-bladder large. 



16. Polynemus indicus, 



Russell, t. 184. 



Polynemus indicus, Shaw, Zool. v. pt. i. p. 155 ; Bleeker, Java, p. 427 ; 



Cant. Catal. p. 29. 

 sele, Buck. Ham. Gmuj. Fish. pp. 226, 381 ; 3PClell. Jniirn. As. 



Soc. viii. 1839, p. 203 cum tab., and Calc. Jotirn. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 450, 



iii. pp. 179, 181. pi. ; Cant. Proc. Zool. Soc. vii. 1839, p. 115. 



uronenms, Cm: 8f Val. iii. p. 385 ; Bleeker, Perc, p. 58. 



ploteus, piebejus, lineatus, et gelatinosus, M'Clell. Calc. Journ. 



Nat. Hist. ii. p. 450, iii. p. 179, &c. 



D. 8 1 j^^. A. ^^. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 7/13. 



Five pectoral appendages, some of which reach beyond the tip of 

 the ventral ; caudal lobes sometimes produced into filaments ; the 

 third dorsal spine filamentous. The distance between the root of 

 the ventrals and the anal longer than the head ; a small prominent 

 spine above the angle of the prseoperculum. 



East Indian Seas ; coasts of Australia. 



a. Thirty-five inches long: stuffed. India. Presented by the 

 Zoological Society. 



