ICHTHYOLOGY, 



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UMBER. 



A species of umber, a fish resembling a perch, some- 

 times called sea-perch, was among the described species 

 that I sent Mr. Blyth. 



Scicena. 

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INDIAN WHITING. 



There are two or three species offish common in Cal- 

 cutta that are called whiting, from their resemblance, both 

 in form and flavour, to the European fish of that name. 

 One species is frequently seen in the Maulmain bazars, 

 and besides being a good fish for the table, its air-bladder 

 makes excellent isinglass. I think I have observed more 

 species than one sold under the same native name, but 

 the specimen I sent Mr. Blyth he said was 

 Corvinus editor. 



This is another species of Indian whiting that also fur- 

 nishes isinglass, and which Mr. O'Riley sent up to Cal- 

 cutta from Amherst. Dr. M'Clelland wrote : " It be- 

 longs to the genus corvinus, closely allied to C. niger, but 

 of monstrous dimensions compared with the European 

 species." 



Bolo chaptis, Buch. 



Corvinus " M'Clell, 



^oSoogcoSo O'Riley. 



LARGE MULLET. 



A species of mullet is very common, and is often seen 

 on the tables of Europeans, by whom it is highly esteem- 

 ed. Mr. Blyth, to whom I sent a specimen for the deter- 

 mination of the species, wrote that it was abundant in 

 Calcutta, but " is of a species I could never determine 

 from descriptions." 

 Mugil 



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