MALAYAN FISHES. 55:- 



' Fam. OSPHEOMENIDAE. 



See also Pala and Belaga. • 



Anding. See Belanak. Grey Mullets. Fam. Mugilidae. 

 Anjang-anjang (Blkr. Andjong-andjong). 



Penlapiis caninus. 



(B. M.) Scolopsis ghanam. 



Gmnters. Fam. Pristipomatidae. 



Aruan (Dun.). (nJiUH:riiiii:]ii:^ aadiua 

 ,H „ lucius. 



(Dun. C. D.). „ striatns. 



The Murrel of Northern India. 

 The " Murrel.'' Fam. Optiiocephalidae. 

 Aruan tasek (Dun. D. E.). Elacaie nigra. 

 Mackerel. Fam. Scombridae. 



Asoh-asoh (E.). Leihrinus nehulosus. 



Sea-Bream. Fam. Spaeidae. 

 Ayam (Blkr. Hajam). Monacanthtis choeroccphalus. 

 „ ,, hajam. 



Bulktes stellatus. 

 Leather-jackets. Fam. Balistidae. 



Ayer. Ayer-ayer (Cliff.). "The name of a sea-fish" Thynnus 

 thvnnina C. Y. The Tunny or Tuna. 



The name " Ayer " is used on the East coast of the 

 Malay Peninsula, and Tongkol elsewhere. 



Mackerel. Fam. Scombeidae. 



Babi. Holacanthvs spp. 



So called from the shape of the head and tlie presence of 

 a spine considered to resemble a pif;'"s tu.-k. 



Coral-Fishes. Fam. Chaetodoxtidae. 



Bagat. Caranx sp. 



Horse-Mackerel. Fam. Caraxgidae. 



Bagok. Ai-ius sp. Cat-fish. Fam. Siluridae. 



Baji-baji |D. P.). Plat i/cephal its tuherculatus. 



„ maeracanthus. 



„ (P.M.). „ punctatus. 



Flat-heads. Fam. Platycephalidae. 

 Bakap (TJnid.). Cat-fish family. Silvridae. 

 Bakok or Bangkok, q.v. 



