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POLYNEMID^. 



The scales are rather small, scarcely higher than long, and have 

 the posterior margin minutely ciliated. The lateral line is straight, 

 and bifurcates at the root of the tail, each branch tei-minating at 

 some distance from the median line of the caudal fin. 



The teeth are minute and villiform ; those of the vomer form a 

 narrow transverse band ; the band on the palatine bones is narrow, 

 cuneiform. 



The body is uniform silvery, with shining streaks along the longi- 

 tudinal series of scales. The fins are more or less minutely dotted 

 with black, the spinous dorsal and the pectoral fins becoming blackish 

 towards their margin ; the margins of the anal and ventral fins are 

 white. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 7 7 



Height of the body 1 10 



Length of the head 1 7 



Height of the tail (above the end of the anal) 1 



Diameter of the eye 4^ 



Distance between the eyes 5 



between the dorsal and caudal fins 1 5 



Length of the maxillarj' 8 



of the second dorsal spine 1 



of the third dorsal spine 1 2| 



of the second dorsal ray 1 4 



of the twelfth dorsal ray 5 



of the upper caudal lobe 2 2 



of the second anal ray 1 3 



of the pectoral 1 3 



ot the ventral 11 



of a scale 1^ 



Height of a scale 2 



9. Polynemus multiradiatus. 



D. 8 I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 58. 



Seven free pectoral appendages of moderate length. Praeopcrculum 

 minutely serrated, without conspicuous spine above the angle. Snout 

 short. The lateral line forked, from the root of the caudal. Caudal 

 forked. The spinous dorsal blackish ; the other vertical fins sparingly, 

 the pectoral densely dotted with black. 



Chinese Sea. 



a. Stuffed. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



The characters given above appear to be fully sufficient to distin- 

 guish this species from any other at present knowTi ; but I refrain 

 from giving a full description, as the specimen is not in very good 

 condition, some parts being deformed by stuffing. The longest pec- 

 toral appendage reaches nearly to the origin of the anal. The spe- 

 cimen is 8 inches long. 



