POLYNEMUS. POLYNEME, 



Generic Character. 



C^/pi^^ compressum, midique 

 squamosum, rostro ob- 

 tusissimo, prominente. 



Membr : braitich : radiis 

 quinque vel septem. 



Digiti liberi setacei ad 

 pinnas pectorales- 



Head compressed, covered 

 with scales : snout very 

 obtuse and prominent. 



Gill-meynbrane five or seven- 

 rayed. 



Separate Filaments or seta^ 

 ceous processes near the 

 base of the pectoral fins. 



PARADISE POLYNEME. 



Polynemus Paradiseus. P. luteus^ digitis utrinque septem^ cauda 

 bifida. 



Yellow Polyneme^ with seven filaments on each side> and 

 forked tail. 



Pblynemus Paradiseus. P. digitis septem, Cauda bifida, Lin, 



Sijst. Nat, p. 522. 

 The Fish of Paradise. Edw. vol 4. pi. 208. 

 Polynemus radiis septem jugularibus, pinna caudae bifurca. ? 



Block, t. 402. 



TThE genus Polynemus may be considered as 

 holding the same station among the Abdomi- 

 nal Fishes which the genus Trigla does among 

 the Thoracic ones 3 being distinguished by a simi- 

 lar circumstance, viz. that of being furnished on 

 each side, near the base of the pectoral fms, with 



