1. POLYNEMUS. 329 



inches, lines. 



Length of the third dorsal spine 1 4 



of the second dorsal ray 1 5 



of the upper caudal lobe 2 5 



of the first anal ray 1 2 



of the pectoral 1 3 



of the ventral 1 q 



■ of a scale q 21 



Height of a scale 21 



18. Polynemus plebejus. 



Polynenius plebejus, Gm. L. Syst. p. 1401; Block, t. 400; Bl Sc/m 

 p. 17; Shaw, Zool. v pi. 125; Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 380; (not Fauna 

 J^pon.j\ 11 f 1;) ?Bkeker, Perc. p. 58; Richards. Aim. & Man. 

 Nat. Hut. 1842, ix. p. 210; Cantor, Catal. p. 27. 



lineatus, Lacep. v. pi. 13. f. 2. 



Bruce, Voyage, t. 41. 



PoljTiemus niloticus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 151. 



Trigla asiatica, Forst. Descript. Anim. cur. Lichtenst. p. 236. 



-^- ^ I IFr4' ^- liiTi- L. lat. 50. L. transv. 5/10. 



Five pectoi-al appendages, some of which reach beyond the tip of 

 the pectoral fin. In immature specimens a black blotch on the 

 lateral Ime near its origin. 



East Indian Seas ; South Sea. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Prank. 

 6. Half-grown: skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages exceedingly numerous. 

 19. Polynemus tetradactylus. 



Mussell, pi. 183 ; Renard, Poiss. f. 147. 



Polynemus tetradactylus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 155; Cuv Sr Val iii 

 p. 375, vii. p. 514; M'Clell. Journ. As. Soc. viii. 18.39 p 206- 

 Richards. Ichth. China, ^. 218; Bleeker, Perc. ^. bl ; Cur Rkml 

 Amm. III. Poiss. pi. 19. f. 1 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 25. 



teria. Buck Ham. pp. 224, 381 ; Gray, Lid. Zool. i. pi. 92. f 2 



salliah et quadrifilis, Cantor, Journ. As. Soc. v. p. 166. 



D. 8 1 j^^. A. ~^^. L. lat. 73-85. 



Four pectoral appendages, not or scarcely reaching beyond the tip 

 of the ventral fin. 

 East Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. Borneo. 



b. Adult. China. Presented by J, E. Reeves, Esq. 



c. d. Half-gro^vn. China. 



<;. Adult: stufied. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 f-k. Half-grown ; skins. Malayan Peninsida. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



