Malayan Fishes. 
PART II. 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MALAYAN FISHES. 
Note :—The letters and abbreviations inserted in brackets after 
the Malay name of each fish, refer to authorities for both the Malay 
and scientific synonyms. 
Where no authority is given the writer accepts responsibility 
for the identity of those species, 
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 
C..= Cantor. D: = Dennys. ER: = Rowell’ RK: Mi.— -Ramies 
Museum. Dun. = Duncker. Blkr. = Bleeker. M. W. and de 
B. = Max Weber and de Beaufort. S. = Sauvage. Wilk. = Wil- 
kinson. CC. and 8. = Clifford and Swettenham. S. M. = Selangor 
Museum. Blgr. = Boulenger, 
Alu-alu. Sphyraena novae-hollandiae. 
a obtusata. 
” jello. 
Barracudas. Fam. SPHYRAENIDAE. 
Members of the genus Sphyraena are called “ Barra- 
. . . 5 = . . . 
cudas ” in America and elsewhere, and Pikes in Australia. 
See also Kachang-kachang and Tenok. 
Ambu-ambu (Wilk.). “‘The name of a large deep-sea fish. 
When preserved this fish is known as Ikan kem- 
bal. mas.” 
Probably Tongkol or Ikan ayer. 
Thynnus thunnina or the Bonito Thynnus pelamys. 
Mackerel. Fam, SCOMBRIDAE. 
See Kembal mas. 
Ampas tebu (R. M.). Pristipoma operculare. 
“ Grunters.” Fam, PRISTIPOMATIDAE, 
Ampit. Anak ampit (Wilk.): (Kedah) a fish; better known as 
Ikan pélaga. This is probably the well known 
fighting fish Ikan bélaga: Betta pugna. 
3) Delica. 
