POLYNEMUS.— GALKOIDES. 103 



vertical of posterior border of eye; ratlicr large scales nn the liend. 

 Gill-rakers a little longer than gill-laminae, lo to 15 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsals ^■ilI, I lo ; tirst spine extremely short, third 

 longest and § to f length of head ; second dorsal pointed and emarginate, 

 covered with small scales. Anal ITT 1 1-12, similar to second dorsal. 

 Pect(n-al f to f length of head; 4 tilainents, the longest as long as or 

 a little longer than head. Caudal very large, crescentic, covered with 

 small scales. Scales finely denticulate, 70-72 ^'. Grey or purplish 

 grey above, white beneath ; a dark spot on the gill-cover ; tins yellow 

 or grey. 



Total length 500 millim. 



AVest Coast of Africa, from tiic Senegal to the Congo. — Type in 

 Paris Museum. 



M. r. DL'llitv. (C). 



J. S. B.ulgett, Esii. (P.). 



Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 G. L. Bates, Es.|. (C). 



.S. GALEOIDES. 

 Giintli. Cat. Fish. ii. p. :^:'.2 (ISCO); Boul<,'ng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. ?,C,2 (100!). 



Villiform teeth in the jaws and on the palatines. Maxillary not 

 mucli widened behind. Edge of pricopcrculum denticulate. Anal Hn 

 a little shorter than dorsal. 



AVest Coast of Africa and China. 



1. GALEOIDES DEl'ADACTYLUR. 



Poh/nonus ilecddarti/hif, Blocli, Nat. Aiisl. Fisclio, ix. p. 20, pi. ecoci. (IT'.i:'.) ; 



" Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 392 (1829). 

 J'oli/iiemiif poli/dactyliis, Valil, Skr. Nat. Selsk. Copcnli. iv. II. 2, 17117, p. 164. 

 rolynemus enneadadi/lus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. :5!t2, and vii. p. 518 (18;il) ; Troscli. 



Arch. f. Nat. 1800, p. 204. 

 Galeo'ides poli/dacfi/Ius, Giiiitli. 1. c. ; St-ind. Sit/.K. .\k. Wion, Ix. i. 1800, p. 71, 



jil. xi., anil Notes Leyd. I\Iiis. xvi. 18',il, p. 10. 

 Galcoidt's di'niddctiihis, Boiilcii;:-. 1. c. 



