XIPHIIM. 
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Family POLYNEMIDiE. 
POLYNEMUS, L. 
171. Polynemus sexfilis. [671.] 
Polynemus sexfilis, Cuv. Val. vii. p. 515; Gilnth. Fish. ii. p. 325. 
Zanzibar. Mauritius. 
172. Polynemus sextarius. [59.] 
Polynemus sextarius, Bloch, p. 18, t. 4; Cuv. fy Val. iii. p. 388, vii. p. 514; Bleek. Verhand. Bat. 
Gen. 1849, vol. xxii., Perc. p. 59; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 32; Gilnth. Fish. ii. p. 326. 
Bagamoia, east coast of Africa. East Indian seas. 
Family SCLENIDyE. 
SCLENA, Artedi, 
173. Scisena sina. [143.] 
Joknius sina, Cuv. Val. v. p. 122. 
Scisena sina, Gilnth. Fish. ii. p. 292. 
Bagamoia, east coast of Africa. Bombay. Malabar. Jajjan. 
OTOLITHUS, Cuv. 
174. Otolithus argenteus. [90.] 
Otolithus argenteus, (. Kuhl v. Hass.) Cuv. Val. v. p. 62; Gilnth. Fish. ii. p. 310; Kner, Novara, 
Fisch. p. 135, t. 6. f. 4 (air-bladder). 
Aden. Mouth of Pangani river, east coast of Africa. Seas of India , Ceylon , and Java. 
Family XIPHIIDiE. 
HISTIOPHORUS, Lacdp. 
175. Histiophorus brevirostris, sp. n. [682.] 
The anterior portion of the dorsal is somewhat elevated, but much less so than in 
any species hitherto described, the third spine being considerably less than the height 
