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and eye. Praeoperculum rather coarsely serrated along its 

 hindborder, its angle produced and rounded. Upper lip absent, 

 lower lip well developed but not continuous at symphysis. 

 Small bands of villiform teeth in both jaws, not* extending to 

 outside of jaws. Similar bands on the palatines. No teeth 

 on vomer. Origin of first dorsal between that of pectorals and 

 ventrals. First dorsal spine very small, second one the strongest 

 but not as long as the third and more or less longer than 

 postorbital part of head. Origin of second dorsal conspicu- 

 ously in advance of that of anal. Spine of second dorsal shorter 

 than second one of first dorsal and equal to second anal spine. 

 First anal spine minute. Second dorsal and anal concave. 

 Dorsals, anal and proximal part of caudal scaly. Caudal deeply 

 forked, the lobes pointed. Pectorals somewhat falciform, longer 

 than postorbital part of head, 13 of its rays divided. The 

 upper, longest pectoral filament reaches to middle of ventrals. 

 Ventrals nearly as long as pectorals. Distance between origin 

 of ventrals and anal much less than length of head. Scales 

 finely striated and with a crenulated hindborder. Colour of 

 alcohol specimens golden, brownish above. Fins yellowish, first 

 dorsal and anal more or less dusky, as well as free border of 

 second dorsal. A black blotch in the beginning of the lateral 

 line, above origin of pectorals; a similar blotch sometimes 

 present on operculum. Length 250 mm. 



Habitat: North of Strait Riouw ! ; Borneo (Sandakan) ; Bali ; 

 Sumbawa (Bima !) ; Saleyer ! ; Celebes (Bulucomba); Ambon!; 

 Ceram ; New Guinea. — Formosa, Philippines, Pinang. 



3. Polynemus indicus Shaw. 



Polynemns indicus Shaw, General Zoology V. 1S04, p. 155. 

 Polynemus selc Hamilton Buchanan, Fishes Ganges, 1822, p. 226 and 381. 

 rolynemus uroncmus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons III. 1829, p. 385. 

 Polynemus uronemus Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. XXII. 1849, Bijdr. Percoi'den, p. 58. 

 Polynemus indicus Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XVIII. 1850, p. loil, 



(see syn.). 

 Polynemus indicus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie VII. 1854, p. 427. 

 Polynemus indicus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. II. i86o, p. 326. 

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

 Trichidion indicuin Bleeker, Versl. Akad, Amsterdam (2) II. (1867) 1868, p. 293. 

 Polynemus indicus Day, Fishes of India 4°, 1878 — 1888, p. 179. 

 Polynemus indicus Vincigueira, Ann. Mus. Civico Geneva (2) IX. 1889 — 1890, 



p. 168. 

 Trichidion indicus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. (2) LVII. 1905. p. 501. 



