102 



i'olynemid.t:. 



1. Ad. 



2. Ad. 



3. Ad. 



4. Hot. 

 .5. Ad. 



C-IO. Ad. ct ligr. 

 11. Skel, 



Asliantee. 



I.agos. 



Niger. 



Old Calabar. 



Banana, Con;;o 



W. Afri.'a. 



.1. Cadman, Esq. (P.). 

 Mr. L. Fraser (C). 

 A. :\Iuiray, Es(i. (P.l. 



2. POLYNEMUS. 



Limi. Syst. Nat. i. p. 521 (ITC.G), part. ; Cuv. ct Val. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. -^Ci 

 (182'.)), part.; Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 319 (18G0); Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. 

 Conoo, p. 3G0 (1901). 



Tricliiodon (Klein), Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1803, no. 2, p. 90. 



Villiform teeth in the jaws, on tlic vomer, and on the palatines 

 and ectopterygoids. MaxiUary much widened behind. Edge of 

 pifEopercnlum denticulate. Soft dorsal and anal fius of equal size. 



Tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. 



Fi-. 62. 



Pohjnemus qiiadrifilis. 

 Senegal, after Steindaclnier {I. c). i. 



]. POLYNEMUS QUADllIFILIS. 



Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 390, pi. l.Kviii., and vii. p. 518 (1831) ; Guiitli. t. c. p. 330 ; 

 Steind. Sitzh. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1869, p. 698, pi. x. ; Bouleng. op. cit. p. 3(;i. 

 Tnch'toihn quadrifdis, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 88. 



Depth of body 4. to 4| times in total length, length of head o to 

 3i times. Snout more or less pointed, projecting strongly beyond 

 mouth, as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is large and partly 

 hidden imder adipose tissue ; mouth large, maxillary extending beyond 



