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proves. The colour of the curved portions of the free anterior ends of the dorsal and the 

 anal fins is dark brown in all the three specimens and that of the pectoral and the caudal 

 fins is dull yellow. The fish is an occasional visitor to the main area of the lake and 

 does not appear to breed in it. ■ 



Distribution. — The geographical range of this fish is very extensive ; from the Red 

 Sea through the east coast of Africa, Zanzibar and Aden to Indian seas, the Malay 

 Peninsula, the Malay Archipelago, Polynesia (Samoa), seas of Australia and China 

 and the Philippines. It is reported to be most common in Malabar and Coromandel 

 during monsoon months and rather abundant in the harbour of Apia, Port Jackson and 

 Singapore. 



