Polynemide (polinemide)

pl. [NL., ventrals with spine and five two dorsals spines, forked caudal, and pectorals with an entire upper part and several free elongated filiform rays below. Numerous species occur in tropical seas, some of much importance, as the mango-fish of India, P. paradise us. polynemiform (pol-i-nem'i-form), a. [ a polyneme; belonging to the Polynemidæ. nemiform. II. n. A polynemiform fish; a polyneme.