1870.] SURGEON F. DAY ON ANDAMAN-ISLAND FISHES. 701 
210. CLupea NEoHOwILI, C. & V. 
This species of Sardine existed in abundance at the Andamans ; 
and on sending out four convicts at Port Mouat with cast-nets to 
obtain them, they captured 260 lb. weight in four hours, and then 
had to return, as their boats could hold no more. They asserted 
they could continue fishing at this rate for months, had they a market 
for their captures. I tried making oil from these Sardines, but did 
not succeed ; the reason of which I discovered subsequently at Calicut, 
on the Malabar coast. There the oil is prepared after the breeding- 
season of these fishes (namely June and July), subsequent to which 
period they become fat, and about August are suited for the manu- 
facture of oil, and continue so for four months. Unless the livers 
are fat, no oil can be made; and it is either prepared from that gland 
alone or from the entire fish*. 
211. CLrupEA MELANURA, C. & V. 
I found this species pretty abundant, but not so much so as the 
last ; they seem to prefer more sheltered localities. 
212. Petitona pitcHoa, C.& V. Poo-nd-no-dah, And. 
213. Dussumreria acura, C.& VV, O-pul-lah, And. 
214, DussuMIERIA ELOPSOIDES, Blkr. 
215. Exors saurvus, Linn. 
216. MrcGators cyprinoipes, Brouss. O-pul-dah, And. 
Family Mura&nip&. 
217. ANGUILLA LABIATA, Ptrs. Pa-lug-dah, And. 
It is remarkable that this species, hitherto recorded from the east 
coast of Africa, should be found in the Andaman Islands. 
218. ANGUILLA BICOLOR, M‘Clell. 
In possessing this East-Indian species, the Andamans show their 
similarity to the continent of Hindoostan and the Burmese territory. 
219. ANGUILLA VIRESCENS, Ptrs. Jee-tah-dah, And. 
The same remark applies to this East-African species as already 
made on the A. labiata. 
220. MurR&NESOX TELABON, Cuv. 
921. MurR2&NICHTHYS SCHULTZI1, Blkr. 
222. OpHICHTHYS COLUBRINUS, Bodd. 
* See my paper on “Turtle- and Fish-oils” (Madras Monthly Journal of 
Med. Science, April 1870). 
