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POLYNEMID.E. 





1. Ad. 





Ashantee. 





2. Ad. 





Lago3. 



J. Cadman, Esq. (P.) 



3. Ad. 





Niger. 



Mr. L. Fraser (C). 



4. Hgr. 





Old Calabar. 



A. Murray, Esq. (P.J. 



5. Ad. 





Banana, Congo. 





6-10. Ad. 



& ligr. 



W. Africa. 





11. Skel. 





5> 





2. POLYNEMUS. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 521 (1766), part. ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 362 



(1829), part. ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 319 (1860) ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. 



Congo, p. 360 (1901). 

 TricJtiodon (Klein), Bleek. Nat. Verh, Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 90. 



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

 and ectopterygoids. Maxillary much widened behind. Edge of 

 prseoperculum denticulate. Soft dorsal and anal fins of equal size. 



Tropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. 



Fig. 62. 



Pohjnemus quadrifilis. 

 Senegal, after Steindaclmer (I. c). 



1. POLYNEMUS QUADRIFILIS. 



Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 390, pi. Ixviii., and vii. p. 518 (1831) ; Giinth. t. c. p. 330 ; 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lx. i. 1869, p. 698, pl. x. ; Bouleng. op. cit. p. 361. 

 TricJiiodon quadrifilis, Bleek. Nat. Verh. Vet. Haarlem, xviii. 1863, no. 2, p. 88. 



Depth of body 4 to 4J times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 3^ 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 under adipose tissue ; mouth large, maxillary extending beyond 



