1. POI.YNEMUS. 321 



4. Polynemus macronemus. 



Bleeker, Borneo, vi. p. 419. 



D. 8 U. A. ^. L. lat. 65. 



I 10 12 



Seven free pectoral appendages, the upper of whicli arc much 

 longer than the body. The length of the upper maxillary is 1 1-2 in 

 that of the head. Ventrals black. 



Coasts and rivers of Borneo. 



5. Polynemus melanochir. 



? Polynemus melanochir, Cm\ ^- Val. vii. p. 513. 

 Polynemus melanochir, Bleeker, Pei-c. p. 60. 



D. 8 U. A. ^. L. lat. 35-40. 



I 12 14 



Seven pectoral appendages, reaching to the caudal. Fins ^vith 

 blackish dots ; the spinous dorsal and the pectorals blackish. {Bl.) 

 Sea of Batavia. 



6. Polynemus heptadactylus. 

 Chv. ^ Val. iii. p. 390 : Bleeker; Perc. p. 00 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 34. 

 D. 7 I -L. A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 5/12. Ca^c. pylor. 4. 



Seven pectoral appendages of moderate length. The distance be- 

 tween the root of the ventral and the origin of the anal is equal to, 

 or rather more than, that between the posterior nostril and the bony 

 point of the operculum. Pectorals black. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



h. Young : very bad state. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



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



Collection. 



d. Half-grown. Kurrachee. From the Collection of Messrs. von 



Schlagintweit. 



e. Half- grown. Moluccas. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



Air-bladder none. 



7. Polynemus plumieri. 



Marcgrave, p. 176. 



PohTiemus paradiseus, Blorh, taf. 402 ; Bl. Schn. p. 18. 

 Polydactylua plumieri, Laeep. v. pi. 14. f. 3. 

 Polynemus americanus, Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 393. 



T). 8 U. A. -^. L. lat. 57-60. L. transv. 6/10. 



I 12 12-13 ' 



Cjbc. pylor. ca 13. Vert. 10/14. 



Seven pectoral appendages of moderate length. The distance be- 

 tween the root of the ventral and the origin of the anal is less than 

 that between the posterior nostril and the bonj^ point of the oper- 



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