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found here and there on the larger islands, but the majority of 
the fishermen come off from the mainlan 
an ae others they catch the following species in fairly 
large number 
ee sp. 
Chorinemus — petri, Cuy. and Val. [=C. moadeita 
Klun 
-)» 
Dicerobatis eS Cantor. 
Polynemus indicus, Shaw. 
Pristis, sp. 
Rhinobatus, sp. 
Examples of the following species were obtained. 
Ambassis urotaen Be Se 
Atherina pinguis, 
Chilodipterus Vaca ‘ors 
Clupea longiceps (Cuv. and Val.). 
Glyphidodon sordidus, fonk). [= Abudefduf sordidus 
(Forsk. 
Mugil waigiensis, Quoy and Gaim. 
Periophthaimus koelreuteri (Pall. ). 
Platyglossus leparensis (Bleeker). 
Platyglossus notopsis (Bleeker). 
Salarias dussumieri nae and Val. 
Salarias unicolor, Rip 
Therapon puta, Cuv. pe Val. 
Immense shoals of young and immature fish on several 
occasions came in with the rising tide into some of the sandy 
bays round these islands. These shoals consisted mainly of 
examples of Therapon, Atherina and Clupea. These young fish 
are captured by the Burmese fishermen in enormous quantities 
by means of large pocket-seine nets, in some instances as, long 
imported into Burma for the manufacture of “ ngapee.”’ 
On the Mi ddle Moscos North Island a tidal bile was 
found that contained large numbers of Haplochilus melastigma 
(McClell.) ; in these e xamples the whole a the caudal fin was 
edge with a illiant orange-yellow co 
oe ecg Aw = Pe a Beh Bes | # atra, Jager) oc- 
eurred in large numbers among the rocks. Several specimens of 
a black spiny sea-urchin were found in a rock pool on the Middle 
Moscos South Island: these differed somewhat from those 
