Malayan Fishes. 



PART II. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MALAYAN FISHES. 



Note:— Tin- letters and abbreviations inserted in brackets after 

 the Mala\ name of each fish, refer to authorities for both the .Malay 

 and scientific synonyms. 



Where no authority is given the writer accepts respoiisibility 

 for the identity of those species. 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 

 C. = Cantor. 1). = Dennys. R. = Rowell. 11. M. = Raffles 

 Museum. Dun. = Jhmcker. IHkr. - Meeker. M. W. and de 

 B. = Max Weber and de Beaufort. S. = Sauvage. Wilk. - Wil- 

 kinson. C. and S. = Clifford ami Swet tmham. ' S. M. = Selaugor 

 Museum. Blgr. = Boulenger 



Alu-alu. Sphyraena rwvae-hollandiae 



Barracudas. Fam. Sphyhaenidae. 

 Members of the genus Spiii/raena are called "Barra- 

 cudas" in America and elsewhere, and l'ikes in Australia. 

 See also Kachang-kachang and Tenok. 

 w-ambu (Wilk.). *' The name of a Large deep-sea fish. 



When preserved this iish is known as Ikan kem- 

 bal mas."' 



l'robably Tongkol or Ikan ayer. 



Ampas tebu (R. M.). Pristipomc. operculars 



Ampit. Anak ampit (Wilk.): (Kedah) a fish: better known as 

 Ikan pelaga. This is probably the well known 

 fightinsr fish Ikan belaga: I'.'Ua puqnnx. 



„ beUica. 



