ICHTHYOLOGY. 



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RIBBON-FISH. 



A species of ribbon-fish is very common at Tavoy, and 

 is dried in large quantities. 

 Gymnetres. 



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FLATHEAD. 



A species of flathead which I sent Mr. Blyth proved to 

 be 



Platecephalus chaca. 



GOBY. 



A small fish about six inches long, with two dorsal fins 

 and a depressed head, the under jaw projecting, is 

 found in the bazars. 



Gobius giuris. 



POINT-TAILED GOBY. 



A small goby with a lanceolate tail, and teeth on the 

 Front of the jaws like a pike, is sometimes seen in bazar. 

 The dorsal and anal fins are long, reaching nearly to the 

 base of the caudal. 

 Gobius ? 



AMBLYOPUS-SUCKER. 



This is an ugly looking fish, with the form of a small 

 eel, having the ventral fins united into a concave disk like 

 a sucker. The lower parts are red, and the upper lead 

 colour. 



Amblyopus Cuv. 



Psilosoma, Swain. 



PERIOPHTHALMUS. 



At least two different species of this genus may be 

 seen hopping about, in and out of the water, on every mud- 

 bank within the reach of tide-waters. Europeans often 

 call them frog-fish. 



Pcriophthalmus. 



chcSti (oqSSn Tavoy.) 



