;<2() , I'oLVNKXlili.i:. 



14. Polynemiis sextarius. 



liloch, Si/st. p. 18. t. 4 ; Cuv. ^- Vol. iii. p. .'388. vii. p. TyU ; lilcekvi; 

 Perc. p. 59 ; Cant. Catal p. 82. 



I^-^lliV^- '^-Ti^- [L-lat.45?5?../..] 

 Six pectoral appendages, reaching to, or slightly beyond the tij) 

 of the ventral ; lobes of the caudal one-fifth of the total length. A 

 black spot on the shoulder : pectorals sometimes black. 

 East Indian Seas. 



Air-bladder excessively small, pointed at both extremities, of the 

 shape and size of a grain of oats. 



a. Young: skin: not good state. Malayan I'eninsula. From Dr. 

 Cantor's Collection, 



15. Polynemus pfeifFerae. 

 lileeker. Sunuitrii, ii. p. 249. 



D. 8U. A.^. ].. lat. 48. 



Six pectoral appendages, some of which reach to the anal. The 

 height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the head 

 five times; the length of the u])per maxillary is 1| in that of the 

 head. Pra^opcrculum vnih. a small spine above the angle. The length 

 of the caudal lobes is J3| in the total. Fins yellow, minutely dotted 

 with black ; the black colour predominant on the pectoral, ventral, 

 anal and caudal fins. (BL) 



Sea of Priaman (Sumatra ). 



Air-l)ladder largo. 



IG. Polynemus iiidicus. 



Rttsacl/, t. 184. 



Polynemus indicus, Shaiv, Zool. v. pt. i. p. loo ; Bleeker, Java, p. 427 ; 



Cuiit. Cutal. p. 29. 

 fsele, Buck. Ham. Ganij. Fish. pp. 226. 381 ; M'Clrll. Journ. A.s. 



iSoc.viii. 1839, p. 203 cum tab.', and Cafe. Jonrti. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 450, 



iii. pp. 179, 181. pi. G ; Cant. Pruc. Zool. Sac. vii. 1839, p. 115. 



uronenms, Cuv. df Vol. iii. p. 385 ; lilnkcr, Pcrc. p. 58. 



ploteu.s, plebojus, liueatus, ct gelatiiiosiis, M'ClcU. Culc. Journ. 



Nat. Hist. ii. p. 450, iii. p. 179, &c. 



1). 8i —. A. ~. L. lat. Go. L. transv. 7/13. 



Five pectojal appendages, some of which reach beyond the tip of 

 the ventral ; caudal lobes sometimes ])roduced into filaments ; the 

 third dorsal spine filamentous. The distance between the root of 

 the ventrals an<i the anal longer than the head ; a small prominent 

 spine above the angle of the pncoperculum. 



Fast Indian Seas; coasts of Australia. 



'/, Tliii'ty-fivc iiirhcs IdUg ; stiifi'cd. India. I'rcscutcil l)y the 

 /(lolojiicnl Surir't\'. 



