58 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor. VII, 
encountered. Good catches of Polynemus plebeius and Harpodon 
nehereus (the ‘‘ Bombay Duck”’) were a feature of this voyage (on 
11th November 1908): also large Pristis cuspidatus, Zygaena blochit 
and Pristis perottettt. P.cuspidatus was very prevalent during this 
voyage. 
Rhynchobatus djeddensis common, no less than six large speci- 
mens taken in one haul (Haul XIV, November 17th, 1908). Snakes 
were not infrequent, principally Enhydrina valakadien. The 
fish identified during these hauls were Chatoessus chacunda, 
Raconda russelliana, Platophrys pantherina, Synaptura commerso- 
niana, Sillago panijus, Narcine timlet, Hypolophus sephen, several 
small Carchartas laticaudus, Stromateus niger and Pellona filigera. 
This area was the only one in which large specimens of the 
estuarine ‘“‘Sele”’ fish (Polynemus plebeius) were obtained. They 
were captured in considerable numbers on muddy grounds near 
the South Patches light vessel. On this ground the Pristidae 
were unusually abundant in November. 
Two Pleuronectids previously described by Alcock from the 
‘“Investigator’’ collections were obtained from the southern por- 
tion of this area. These were :— 
Rhomboidichthys azureus, previously recorded from Ganjam 
and Ceylon; and 
Rhomboidichthys valde-rostvatus, previously recorded from 
Ceylon only. 
Incidentally it may be noted that this area was less explored 
than any of the other three. 
AREA III. FROM THE MOUTH OF THE DEVI RIVER TO THE 
ENTRANCE TO LAKE CHILKA. 
This area off the coast of Orissa was to a large extent explored 
by the ‘‘Investigator”’ previously to voyages of the ‘* Golden 
Crown.’’ Moreover a large number of the fish were known owing 
to the fact that there is a regular coastal fishery carried on by 
Telugu fishermen at Puri by means of drift- and seine-nets and 
also by baited hooks. 
Most of the shallow-water trawling of the ‘‘ Investigator ’”’ 
was in this area and there are a number of papers by Alcock! 
which afford us valuable information, more particularly as to the 
fish. 
1 Vide—Alcock, A Naturalist in Indian Seas. 
‘*On some undescribed shore-fishes from the Bay of 
Bengal,’’ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., December, 1890, pp. 
425—443. ; j 
“« List of the Pleuronectidae obtained in the Bay of Bengal 
in 1888 and 1889, with description of new and rare species,’’ 
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. lviii, pt. ii, No. 3, 1889, 
Pp. 279—295. : 
‘“Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from 
the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888-9,’” 
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. \viii, pt. ii, No. 3, 1889, pp. 
296—305. 
