202 



toral filaments reaching almost or quite 



to base of caudal P. licxancmus p. 207. 



/3. Pectorals as long as head without snout. 



Longest pectoral filaments reaching on anal. P. pfeijferi p. 208. 

 /'. L.l. 62 — 68. Pectoral filaments not reaching 



on anal P. kunt p. 209. 



/>'. Pectoral rays mostly divided. No teeth on vomer.' T'. scxtariics p. 210. 



3. Seven free pectoral filaments. 



A. Pectoral filaments not exceeding tip of caudal.. 

 a. Pectorals much longer than head, their fila- 

 ments reaching on the caudal /'. nielanochir p. 21 1. 



h. Pectorals shorter than head, their filaments 

 reaching to end of ventrals or somewhat 

 farther P. heptadactyhis p. 212. 



B. Pectoral filaments far exceeding tip of caudal. 



a. Pectorals longer than head. Eyes small, 5.5 

 to 7 or more in head. 



X. L.l. 84. Distance between origin of ven- 

 trals and anal more than length of head. P. longipcctoraPis p. 213. 

 /5. L.l. 65—67. 



a' . Distance between origin of ventrals and 

 anal much more than length of head. 



Maxillaries 1.7 — 2 in head P. boniceiisis p. 214. 



/''. Distance between origin of ventrals 

 and anal equal to length of head. 

 Maxillaries 2.2 in head P. dulniis p. 215. 



b. Pectorals as long as head without snout. 

 Eyes large, 4.5 — 6 in head. L.l. 88 — 93. 

 Distance between origin of ventrals and anal 



less than length of head . P. macrophthalmus p. 216. 



4. Fourteen pectoral filaments P. multifilis p. 217. 



Doubtful species P. paradiseus p. 218. 



I. Polynemus plebejus Brouss. 



Poly/ieinus plebejus Broussonet, Ichth. Decas. 1782. 



Polynemtis lineatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poissons V. 1803, p. 410. 



} Polynemus plebejus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons IIL 1829, p. 380 



(partimr). 

 Polyneiinis plebeJ7is Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849, Bijdr. Percoiden, p. 58. 

 Polyrmnus lineatus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. II. i860, p. 327 (nee M'Clelland). 

 Polynemus taeniatus Giinther, ibid. p. 526 (nomen novum). 

 Trichidion plebejus '&\te.\iQx, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam XIV. 1862, p. no. 

 Polynemus lineatus Kner, Novara Exp. Fische, 1865 — 1867, p. 137. 

 Polynemus plebejus Giinther, Fische der Stidsee, Bd. 2, 1873 — 1875, p. 103. 



