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SiLUNDiA SYKESii, Day. Ikan-batu in Malay. Long maxillary 

 barbels, depressed and flattened form. I don't know whetlier 

 this fish has been recorded previously from the Malay Peninsula, 

 but it is not uncommon. 



Saccobranchus fossilis, Bloch, = Silurus possilis, Bloch ; Bl. 

 Schn. ; Swainson. Common in all the freshwater rivers from 

 Scinde to China. Mr. Day says (Fishes of India, Vol. I., p. 487) 

 wounds from the pectoral spine of this fish are dreaded in India as 

 they are reported to be very venomous, even cau.sing lockjaw. 

 When captured the spine is broken off by blows with a stake. 

 The fishermen dread it so much that they often cut the meshes of 

 their net and allow it to escape. It is esteemed as food and con- 

 sidered invigorating, so tanks are stocked with them in the rainy 

 season. They are easily fattened, quantity rather than quality 

 of food being only requisite. 



Macrones JULIO, Ham. Buch. Called by the Anamites Ka-chuoc, 

 and by the Malays Ikan-engior. Found in estuai'ies and rivers as 

 far as the tides extend throughout the Indian Ocean, Archipelago 

 and South China. Also common at Hue and Saigon, in fresh and 

 salt water. Lurid, bluish-brown on back with red carmine fins, 

 and eight barbels. 



LiocAssis POECILOPTRRUS, Giinth. 



Arius ccelatus, Cuv. and Val. Malay name Ikan-doonee or 

 Saludu. A widespread species found in the mouths of rivers 

 even beyond tidal influence throughout the Indian seas, that is 

 from Bombay to the Malay Archipelago. It attains to a consi- 

 derable size. It is of a bluish-black color above, white beneath, 

 with a little yellow on the margins of some of the fins. I believe 

 I have seen this species in some freshwater rivers, or on the coast 

 in the Philippines. 



Callichrous bimaculatus, Bloch. Termed Butter-flsh by 

 Europeans in Bengal. The Hindoos call it Puff-ta. Extends 

 through the fresh waters of India, Malaysia, and South China. 

 The Anamites name it Ka-leo-muong. Malay name Tkan-keeba, 



