1923.] 



Fauna of the Chilka Lake : Fish. 



769 







Distribution in 







Specific gravity 



LAKE. 





Species. 



of water in which 







Further distribution. 









specimens were 











taken. 



Main 

 area. 



Outer 

 channel. 





TELEOSTEI— concM. 











ACANTHOPTERYGII— concld. 











SOLEIDAE. 











Synaptura orientalis (Bloch and 



? 



X 



• ■• 



Seas of India and China. 



Schneider). 











Cynoglossidae. 











Cynoglossus brevis Günther 



1-000— 1-0280 



X 



X 



R. Hughli at Calcutta and 

 along Orissa Coast. 



SCOMBBIFORMES. 











Carangidae. 











Caranx carangus (Bloch) . 



1-000—1-0110 



X 



X 



Seas of India and the Malay 

 Archipelago to Atlantic 

 Coast of Tropical America. 



Equula edentvM (Bloch) . 



1-007750— 1-0110 



X 



X 



Red Sea, seas of India to 

 the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



JUGTJLABES. 











Blensmdae. 











Petroscirtes bhattacMryae Chaudhuri 



1-000— 1-0110 



X 



X 





SCLEEOPABEI. 











Platycephalidae. 











Platycephakis insidiator (Forskäl) 



1-02825 



• •" 



X 



East Coast of Africa, Red Sea, 

 seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and beyond. 



OPISTHOm 











Mastacembeijdae. 











Mastacembelus armatus (Lacépède) . 



1-000 



X 



... 



Fresh and brackish waters of 

 India, Ceylon and China. 



