MALAYAN FISHES. 



All these fishes are small, rarely exceeding- HJ inches i 

 Very little is known regarding their hahits or distribution 



I have taken a few in a trawl near Penang and there 

 sibility that with new methods of fishing they may becon 



at rare intervals. 



BAT-FISHES. 



(SCORP1DIDAE.) 



As far as I know, these fish are represented in our w 

 the genus Psettus only. 



The Gedabang or Nyior-nyior (P. drgenteus) is 

 Australia as the Silvery Bat-tish. It attain, a length 

 eight or nine in< h.-> .-nly and it- bivadtii is about r.jual to its 



of importance. 



The Nyior-nyior (P. falciformis) is also a small fish 



CORAL FISHES. 



(CHAETODONTIDAE.) 



