SEBAN POLYNEME. 149 



Indian fishes, informs us that the Mango-Fish is 

 reckoned by much the most dehcate of any found 

 at Calcutta. It is known to the natives by the 

 name of Tupsee Mutchey. 



SEBAN POLYNEME. 



Polynemus Quinquarius. P. digitis quinque, corpore Imgioribus^ 



Lin, Sijst, Nat. p. 521. 

 Polyneme with five filaments longer than the body. 

 Pentanemus. Seh, mus. 3. 27*/. 2. 



Extremely aUied in general appearance to the 

 Paradise Polyneme, resembling it in almost all 

 particulars except in colour, which is described by 

 JSeba as whitish or silvery, and in the number of 

 thoracic processes, which are only five on each 

 side ; the three superior ones far exceeding the 

 length of .the whole fish ; the two inferior reaching 

 to about a third of the body. Native of the Ame- 

 rican seas : perhaps, in reality, no other than a 

 variety, or sexual difference of the preceding fish. 



