320 I'OLYNEMID.1!. 



1. Polynemus multifilis. 



Polynemus multifilis, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 29, and Bydrage 

 tot de dicrktinde, 1851, p. 12, cimi tab. 



quatuordecimfilis, Pel, Bydrage tot ae dierkunde, 1851, p. i). 



polydactylus, Blecker, Borneo, vi. p. 417. 



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



Fourteen pectoral appendages, the upper of which are more than 

 twice the length of the body. 



Rivers and South coast of Borneo. 



2. Polynemus octonemus. 



Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 167. 



Eight free pectoral appendages, the tij) of the longest of which 

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

 Texas. 



3. Polynemus paradiseus. 



Edwards, Av. p. 208. t. 208; ItusseU,^ ii. f. 185. 

 Polynemus paradiseus, L. Sysi. Nat. i. p. 1401 [not Block j. 

 Polynemus, no. 398, Gronoii. Zoophyl. 



risua, aureus ?, toposui ?*, Biich. Ham. Gang. Fishes, p. 228. 



longifilis, Cue. ^ 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. Caec. 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 raax- 

 illaiy is 2^ in that of the head. Ventrals yeUow. 



East Indian Seas, entering rivers. 



a. Adult. India. 



6. Adult. India. 



c. Adult female. India. 



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



h-Tc. Half- grown. India. Presented by G. II. 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. 



