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Fauna of the Chilka Lake : Fish. 



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1875. Therapon puta, id., Fish. Ind., p. 68, pi. xviii, fig. 3. 



1884. Therapon trivittatus, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. VIII, p. 457. 



1889. Therapon puta, Day, Faun. Brit. Ind. Fish. I. p. 505. 



1906. Terapon puta, Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. XXV, p. 266. 



1907. Terapon puta, Jordan and Seale, ibid. XXVI, p. 24. 

 1907. Terapon puta, Evermann and Seale, ibid. XXVI, p. 83. 



1912. Therapon puta, Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XLII, p. 605. 



1913. Therapon puta, Weber, 'Siboga'-Exped. LVII, Fisch., p. 91. 



1913. Therapon puta, Sewell, J own. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (n. s. ) IX, p. 352. 

 1917. Therapon puta, Hornell, Madras Fish. Bull. XI, p. 91. 



There are altogether thirty-six specimens in the collection, more than twenty of which 

 are young. The list given below will show the time and place of their occurrence in the lake. 



mm. 



2 specimens 



. . . Off Barnikuda 



6th September, 1914, 



... 54—62 



1 specimen 



. . Cherriakuda towards 









Samal Point 



17th February, 1914 



... 58 



8 specimens 



. . . Mahosa (Barhampur 









Island) ... 



18th March, 1914 



... 26—20 



1 specimen 



. . . Rambha Bay 



February, 1914 



... 74 



1 specimen 



... Between Samal Island 









and mainland 



September, 1913 



... 32 



1 specimen 



... Satpara 



... 



... 77 



7 specimens 



,, 



March, 1914 



... 68—87 



7 specimens 



... Satpara Bay 



13th March, 1914 



... 15—25 



3 specimens 



,, 



17th March, 1914 



... 17, 18 & 21 



1 specimen 



... South side of Satpara 









Island 



13th March, 1914 



... 14 



2 specimens 



... West of Satpara 



20th March, 1914 



... 15&17 



1 specimen 



. . . Seraanaddi 



8th September, 1914 



... 60 



1 specimen 



.. From Seruanaddi going 









towards Barnikuda ... 



4th September, 1914 



... 67 



HP! 



?he young ones were mostly obtained in shore-collecting in the neighbourhood of Sat- 

 para Island. Numerous round light spots are found in these specimens between the hori- 

 zontal bands. The caudal fin is immaculate in most of the young specimens. In some 

 of the young specimens there is a black spot at the root of the caudal fin. 



This fish appears to be a permanent inhabitant in the main area as well as in the outer 

 channel, breeding in the latter area in winter. 



Distribution. — Eed sea, seas of India, Malay Archipelago, the Philippine Islands, 

 coast of Australia, sea of Timur and South Pacific Ocean (the island of Samoa). 



Family SILLAGINID^. 

 Genus SILLAGO, Cuvier. 



Sillago sihama (Forskâl). 

 1775. Atherina sihama, Forskâl, Descrip. Anim., pp. xiii and 70. 

 1801. Platycephalus sihamus, Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichthyol., p. 60. 



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