1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. vii 



mar, and Cuttle Fishes. Of both large quantities are annually collected 

 and dried for the market in China. 



The naked Cephalopods are not only eaten fresh, but one species, 

 a Loligo, forms in its dried state a considerable article of traffic. The 

 preparation consists in removing the inkbag without laying open the 

 mantle. After all impurities have been removed by water, the mol- 

 lusc is submitted to a slight pressure, and ultimately exposed to the 

 sun. Small bundles of one Katty's weight are tied up with slips of 

 ratan, and enclosed in cases holding 10 Katties and upwards. The 

 Pikul sells at the rate of 14 to 16 Spanish Dollars. 



AUTHORS CONSULTED. 



Agassiz, L. : Nomenclator Zoologicus. Soloduri, 1842-46. 

 Be'langer, Charle : Zoologie du Voyage aux Indes Orientates, 



Paris, 1834. 

 Bell, W. : Description of a species of Chcetodon, Ecan bonna, fyc. 



in Phil. Transact. 1793. 

 Bennett, E. T. : Catalogue of Fishes, in Memoirs of the Life of 



Sir Thos. S. Raffles, London, 1830. 

 Bennett, J. Whitchurch : Fishes of Ceylon. London, 1830. 

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„ der Kamschubbige Labroieden, 

 Nieuwe Bijdrage tot de Kenniss der Siluroieden, in 

 Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genoots- 

 chap. XXI. Batavia, 1846-47. 

 Bijdrage tot de kenniss der Perco'iden, 

 „ „ der Scleroparei, 



,i „ der Blenno'iden en Gobi- 



o'iden, 

 ,, „ der Ichthyol. Fauna van 



Bali, 



„ „ „ „ van Madura, 



in Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genoots- 



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of Bengal. Vol. XVI. Calcutta, 1847. 



