1. rOLTNEMUS. , 325 



10. Polynemus hexanemus. 



Cuv. S)- Val. iii. p. 389 ; ? Sleeker, Perc. p. 59 ; Cantor, Catal p. 83. 



I 12 U 



Six pectoral appendages, some of Avhich reach to the caudal fin. 

 The length of the caudal lobes is more than one-.third of the total. 

 {Cuv. 4-'^ Cant.) 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Skin of a young specimen. Malayan Peninsula. From ])r. 

 Cantor's Collection. 



11. Polsmemus xanthonemus. 



Pohiiemus xanthonemus, Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 517 ; Iiicha?-(ls. Ichth. 



Cliiii. p. 219. 

 y PolTOemus approximans, Lay (^- Benn. in Beech. Voy. Zirul. Fishes, 



p. 57. 



D. 8 ^. A. ^. Caec. pylor. 12. 



Six pectoral appendages, reaching beyond the tip of the vcntrala. 

 The length of the caudal lobes is one-fifth of the total. Coloration 

 unifonn ; fins edged with black. {Val.) 



Coast of Coromandel. 



Air-bladder none. 



12. Poljrnemus sexfilis. 

 • Cuv. fy Val vii. p. 515. 



1). 8 I -. A. -. 



I 13 12 



Six pectoral appendages. The margins of the dorsal and anal fins 

 emarginate. No black spot on the shoulder ; tii)s of the dorsal and 

 pectoral fins black. ( Val ) 



lie de Prance. 



Air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in great number. 



13. Polynemus knru. 

 Bleeker, TeDiate, ii. p. 600. 



D. 8 I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 60. 



Six pectoral appendages, the uppermost of which reaches to tht 

 vent. Pra^opercuium with a small spine above the angle. The 

 second dorsal and the anal emarginate ; the upper caudal lobe 3^ in 

 the total length. Yellowish, with about eighteen brown longitudinal 

 stripes. {Bl.) 



Sea of Tcrnate. 



Air-bladder largo. 



