60 MALAYAN FISHES. 



Besikor. Also Mesikor. Diagram ma spp. 



Grunters. Fam. Peistifomatidae. 

 Betok (Dun.). Anabas sm'ndens. 



The well known climbing perch of natural historj' books. 



Fam. OSPHEOMEXIDAE. 



Betulu. See Bentulu. 



Biang-biang also Membiang (M. W. & de B. II 29). Setipinna 

 breviceps. 



Herring. Fam. Clupeidae. 

 Biji durian (Dun.). Osphromenus malayanus. 



Fam. OSPHBOMENIDAE. 



Biji nangka (D. E.). l'peneu,<: tragitla. 

 Bed Mullet. Fam. Mullidae. 



Bilis (M. W. & de B. II 16). Stolephorus comntersonvi. 



„ tri. 



(" White-^bait ■') Herring. Fam. CLrPEmAE. 



Bonang. Platax teira. 



Coral-fish. Fam. Chaetodoxtidae. 



Bongkar karang. Literally the reef lifter. A name applied to 

 large members of tlie Eay family. 



Boyan. See Bayan. 



Bujok. Ophiocephalus sp. 



"■ Murrel." Fam. Ophiocephalidae. 



Bulan or Bulan bulan (M. W. & de B. II 6). Megalops cypri- 

 noides. 

 Giant-Herring. Fam. Elopsidae. 



Bulu ayam. Coilia diissumieri. 

 „ qitadrifilis. 

 (Anchovy) Herring. Fam. Clupeidae. 



Bulus bulus or Bebulus (D. E. Bolas-bolas). Sillago sihama 



„ maculata. 

 The Whiting of Australia. Fam. Sillaginidae. 



Bunga ayer (C). Stolephorus indicus. 

 EngrauUs Biissellii. 

 See Bilis. 



("White-bait") Herring. Fam. Clupeidae. 

 Note: Bunga ayer, are probably the larvae or young 

 of valuable food-fishes in the Leptocephalus stage. 



