1. POLYNEMUS. 329 



inches, lines. 



licngth of the third dorsal spine 1 4 



of the second dorsal ?;ay 1 5 



of the upper caudal lobe 2 5 



of the first anal ray 1 2 



of the pectoral , 1 '.^ 



of the ventral 1 



of a scale 2| 



Height of a scale 2^ 



18. Polynemus plebejus. 



I'olynemus plebejus, iJni. L. Si/.st. p. 1401; liloch, t. 400; Bl. Schn. 

 p. 17; Shaw, Zool. v. pi. 125; Cm\ ^- Val. iii. p. .S80 ; (not Fauna 

 Japon. 1)1. 11. f. 1;) ? lilccher, Pcrc. p. ^iS; Richards. Ann. 4- May. 

 Nat. Hid. 1842, ix. p. 210; Cantor, CutaL p. 27. 



lineatus, Lacrp. v. pi. 13. f. 2. 



Bruce, Voyage, t. 41. 



Polynemus niloticus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 151. 



Trigla asiatica, Forst. Descript. Anim. cur. Lichtennt. p. 230. 



D. 8 1 ~. A. ^3. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 5/10. 



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

 the pectoral fin. In immature specimens a black blotch on the 

 lateral line near its origin. 



East Indian Seas ; South Sea. 



a. Half-grown, Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



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



Collection. 



Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages exceedingly numerous. 

 19. Polynemus tetradactylus. 



Russell, pi. 183 ; Renard, Pois.s. f. 147. 



Polynemus tetradactylus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 155 ; Cur. Sf Val. iii. 

 p. 375, vii. p. 514; M'Clell. Journ. As. Soc. viii. 1839, p. 206; 

 Richards. Ichth. China, 'p. 218; Bleeker, Perc. p. 57; Cur. Reyne 

 Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 19. i. 1 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 25. 



teria. Bach. Ham. pp. 224, 381 ; Gray, Ind. Zool. i. pi. 92. f. 2. 



salliah et quadrifilis. Cantor, Journ. As. Soc. v. p. 106. 



I^-8|r^.- A.,^^. L. lat. 73-85. 



Four pectoral appendages, not or scarcely reaching beyond the tip 

 of the ventral fin. 

 East Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. Borneo. 



b. Adidt. China. Presented by J. R. Keeves^ Esq. 



c. d. Half-grown. China. 



e. Adidt : stufi'cd. (Jhina. Pres((ntcd by .1. 11. Keeves, Esq. 

 f-Tc. Half-gi-own : skins. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



