Polynemus parodifeus. Indian Pclyneme. To each fide the 
throat hang feven thread like appendages, the longeft reach a 
little beyond the vent: body comprefTed, and not very deep: a 
large fcale near the bafe of the ventral fins: lateral line flightly 
curved ■, parallel to which run fine railed lines on the body : rays 
of the firfl dorfal fpiny : tail forked. D. 7. T V« P. 15. V. A. A* 
This fifh is taken among the Caribee illands, where it is called 
Cat-Jiffo-, in lieu of which I have fubftituted that of Indian Pclynemei 
as the former name is given to almoft every fifh that has thread¬ 
like appendages hanging to die head or diroat. 
