BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, F.G.S., &C. 805 



FISHES. 



During my short stay in the neighborhood of the lake of 

 Bombon I had no opportunities for the collection of tishes. All 

 I could do was to visit the fishermen's boats and see the kinds 

 offered for sale. The number of species was not numerous, and 

 those I could obtain a sight of, circumstances prevented me from 

 subjecting to a careful examination or comparison. I believe 

 amongst a number that I could not identify with the aid of the 

 books at my disposal, the following common and widely-distributed 

 Indian species were provisionally identified, 



LUTIANUS JOHNII, Blocll- 



Mandus marmoratus, Cuv. and Val. 

 SiLLAGO siHAMA, Bloch. Lake Bombon. 



POLYNEMUS TETRADACTYLUS, ShaW. 



Platycephalus insidiator, Forskal. 



Otolithus argentius, Kuhl and van Hasselt. 



Pristipoma commersoni, Lacep. 



Pristipoma NiGRUiM, Mertens. 



Anabas scandens, Daldorf. 



Ophiocephalus striatus, Bloch. 



MuGiL cephalotus, Cuv. and Val. 



MuGiL cuNXESius, Cuv. and Val. 



Elacatb bivittata, Cuv. and Val. 



Caranx leptolepis, Kuhl and van Hasselt. 



Caranx nigripes, Cuv. and Val. 



Stromateus NIGER, Bloch. This is the pomfret, a highly pi'ized 

 fish in the Straits of Malacca ; in fact the Europeans do not care 

 to consume many others. 



