MALAYAN FISHES. 



BOX-FISHES. 



(OSTBACIONTIDAE.) 

 This family is of no edible importance. 



GLOBE-FISHES AND PORCUPINE FISHES. 



( TETRODONTIDAE d- D10D0STIDAE.) 

 These fish possess poisonous properties and instances have been 

 >rded of persons dying shortly after eating them. Malay fisher- 

 1, however, commonly eat the Buntal pisang (tetrodon 

 im) and some other species, being careful to remove all the 



SHARKS AND DOG-FISHES. 



tV\ .it i ain their greatest size, and some of the Sharks are the 



Tiger «»r Zebra Shark (Yu chechak or Vu to'kek) with dark 

 bands on a tawny ground which attains a length of at least 10 feet. 



Among our species of the true Sharks (Cakch vk.iiui: ) we have 

 Yu tenggiri ((iah'urrrclo nn/nrri) which attain,- a length of over 

 r> feet and is very ferocious, hut fortunately rather rare, and the 

 Yu jerong or Yu sambaran (( arch aria* «p.) which has also a 



The Hammer-head Sharks ( Simi yijmd.u: ) Yu bengkong, Yu 

 sanggul or Yu palang are voracious, usually live in deep water 



