ICHTHYOLOGY. 



"Almost every reptile and fish of the Tenasserim coast 

 must necessarily be new," remarked a gentleman of no 

 ordinary scientific attainments. And it is a very com- 

 mon error to suppose that, because the productions of a 

 country are unknown, they are therefore new to science. 

 No one appears to have examined our fish, but a collec- 

 of twenty-seven species that I sent Mr. Blyth, contained 

 only one new species, though the principal part of them 

 were fresh-water fish ; and from the little attention I have 

 been able to bestow upon them, I judge that by far the 

 larger proportion of our fishes are common to other coasts 

 bordering the Bay of Bengal. 



LARGE SCALED-FISH. 



The Macroleptcs, or large-scaled fish of the order with 

 spinous rays in the dorsal fin, embrace on this Coast, 

 perch, cockup, band-fish, umber, Indian whiting, mullet, 

 mango-fish, king-fish, climbing perch, and snake-heads. 



LARGE PERCH. 



A perch which sometimes grows two feet long is often 

 seen in Maul main bazar, and is esteemed a valuable fish 

 by Europeans. The formula of the fin rays is, 



D. 7,1-11: P. 15: V. 1-5 : A. 3-9 : C. 17 .* 



Perca. 



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SMALL PERCH. 



A small species of perch is common in the interior of 

 the Provinces. 



D. 7, 1-14 : P. 10 : V. 1-5 : A. 3-15 : C. IS. 



Perca, Linn. 



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• That is D.. the dorsal has in the first fin 7 rays all spinous ; in the sacDnl fin 

 1 spinous, and 11 that are soft. P.. the pectoral fin. has 15 soft rays. V., the 

 ventral fin has 1 spinous ray, and 5 that are soft A., the anal fin has 3 spinous 

 and 8 soft rays 0., the caudal fin has 17 rays. 



