POLTNEMUS.— GALEOIDES. 103 



vertical of posterior border of eye; rather large scales on the head. 

 Gill-rakers a little longer than gill-laminae, 13 to 15 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsals VIII, 113; first spine extremely short, third 

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

 covered with small scales. Anal III 11-12, similar to second dorsal. 

 Pectoral f to | length of head ; 4 filaments, 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 ; fins yellow 

 or grey. 



Total length 500 millim. 



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

 Paris Museum. 



M. P. Delhez (C). 



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



Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 

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

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge(C.). 

 G-. L. Bates, Esq. (0.). 



3. GALEOIDES. 



Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 332 (I860); Bouleng. Poiss. B*ass. Congo, p. 3G2 (1901). 



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

 much widened behind. Edge of pifeoperculum denticulate. Anal fin 

 a little shorter than dorsal. 



West Coast of Africa and China. 



1. GALEOIDES DECADACTYLUS. 



Pohjnemus decadadylus, Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fischoj ix. p. 26, pi. cccci. (1793) ; 



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

 Polynemus polydactylus, Vahl, Skr. Nat. Selsk. Copenh. iv. H. 2, 1797, p. 164. 

 Polynemus enneadadylus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 392, and vii. p. 518 (1831) ; Troscli. 



Arcli. £. Nat. 18G6, p. 204. 

 Galeoides polydactylus, Giintb. 1. c. ; Sti'ind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Is. i. 1869, p. 71, 



pi. xi., and Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 10. 

 Galeoides decadactylus, Bouleng. 1. c. 



