226 R. E. Llovd : Marketable Fish from Akyab. [VOL. 1, 



41. Liitianus jolmii. 



" Name Nga wat pani ; found in the sea only, not common." 



42. Thcrapon jarhtta. 



" Name Sa ba sa ; river fish, common during the rains." 



43. Ambassis urotcenia. 

 " Name Nga san zat ; river fish, common in tlie rains." 



SCI^NID^. 



44. Sciccna blcckeri. 



" Name Nga pa ihon ; sea and river fisli, common in the winter 

 months." 



45, Sciccna aneus. 



" Name Ba sJia ; common in river and sea throughout the 

 year." 



46, ScicBiia miles. 



" Name Nga bar agar ; common in the sea throughout the 3^ear." 



47. Otolithus viaculatiis. 



" Name Taiv ba la ; sea fish, not common ; reaches 2 feet in 

 length." 



48. ScicBuoides pama. 



" Name Wa niarhi ; sea fisli, common ; said to attain a 

 length of 12 inches onl^^" 



49. ScicEuoides microdon. 

 " Name Ro rhi ; common in tlie river ; attains 4 feet in length." 



Tliese two forms, Wa marhi and Ro rhi, each represented by a 

 single specimen, resemble one another very closely, but differ in the 

 following points : — 



The " Wa marhi " has ten spines in the first dorsal fin, and 

 eight p^doric caeca ; its prseopercular edge has blunt, obscure 

 crenulations, and the posterior angle of the maxilla falls behind the 

 eye. This form agrees ver}^ closely with 5. pama. 



The " Ro rhi," on the other hand, has eight spines, four 

 pyloric caeca, a finely serrated prseopercular edge, and the posterior 

 angle of the maxilla falling be ow the centre of the eye. This form 

 agrees fairly well with 5. microdon, which is defined, however, as 

 having six pyloric cceca. 



Our Indian informant saj's that the '' Wa marhi " (5. pama) 

 does not grow longer than 12 inches, while the " Ro rhi " attains a 

 length of 4 feet. S. pama, however, according to Day, grows at 



