POLYNEMUS.— 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 § to f length of head ; second dorsal pointed and emarginate, 

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

 Pectoral § to f 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 -jg . 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. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



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Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 

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

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (0.). 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



3. GALEOIDES. 

 Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 332 (1860); Bouleug. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 362 (1901). 



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

 much widened behind. Edge of prasoperculum denticulate. Anal fin 

 a little shorter than dorsal. Q, . ■wvoC^ , vgj jr v 



West Coast of Africa and China. ^XOX*. ^C ,W>uo onr(- l* 



1. GALEOIDES DECADACTYLUS. 



Polynemus decadactylus, Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fiscke, ix. p. 26, pi. cccci. (1793) ; 



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

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

 Polynemus enneadactylus, Guv. & Val. t. c. p. 392, and vii. p. 518 (1831) ; Trosch. 



Arch. £. Nat. 1866, p. 204. 

 Galeoides polydactylus, Giinth. 1. c. ; Stcind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ix. i. 1869, p. 71, 



pi. xi., and Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 16. 

 Galeoides decadactylus, Bouleng. 1. c. 



1-3. Ad. & yg. 



St. Louis, Senegal. 



4. Skel. 



» }■> 



5. Hgr. 



Gambia. 



6. Skel. 



a 



7. Ad. 



Niger. 



8. Ad. 



Lokoja, Upper Niger. 



9. Hgr. 



Munankor, Lower Niger 



10-11. Ad. 



Benito R. 



