StALAYAN FISHES. 



Tile Bonang il'hitm- teira) is a deep-bodied Mi which at- 

 taints a lontfth of at least 2i) iiidifs. Eug^eU tap their flavour ia- 

 exeeUeiit and Cantor makeij the same remark. 



It is known in AuBtrulta m the Dark Bat-h^li. 



MOON-FiSH, 



(DEEPANIDAE.) 



The Daun beharu {Drepane punctattr) is a vpiy cnimiioia fish 

 of fair edible value. 



CtmsiderAhle quantities of this fish have Iwen taken lii tra^wls 

 btrtih ill India and Ceylon. Sir K. (tii]>ta buy?, they are VL*rv much. 

 BOU>?ht after and always com man d a good price in Bengal. They 

 are rather too hony to he popular with Europeans in the Ea&t. 



" BLACK TREVALLY," 



{TEUTHIDIDAE.) 



According to Dr, Bouleiigfer's elfjssification (1902). this family 

 coruprieee a sing-le recent ^euns, Teutftvs, with about 30 apecies, 

 horl>ivorouH Mies from the Indiiiii and Western Paeific Oceans. 

 Ac^rding to Uottard ("Poisijoni? re nimeux," Paris 18S9) the sting' 

 froQi the fi]>ines of these fishes is niueh dreaded, and this 1 can 

 Tpueb-for, thoTigh pcTPonflUy I have suffered verv Jittk ineonvenienee 

 from the prieks of these epines. 



It will lie notieed that lUinrker give-^ the generi<' synonym 

 Ketaitg tii members of tliii* funiily and this? U the name <?^iven hy 

 Malays to the ^enus; Ephippm (rCHAETonojCTttJAE ) which ako has 

 venomous spines. 



In all species of TeiHhu there are 13 dorsal spines and 7 

 anal spines^ whereas Ephipfms 1ms 0 dorsal ifind 3 anal epines, "whidt 

 shews thtit the Malay system of elasvilicatlon does not a*.'ree with 

 that adopted by scientists. 



The Dengkis (7\ n-abulom) is known on the East coast of 

 Australia as the " Rlack Trevally'' and the Debam (7\ Java) m 

 also founfl on tlie Atititralian coast. 



Tihey are fVimW fL^hj fairly eommon in the markets where they 

 find a ready pale. 



GOURAMl^ ETC. 



iOiSPHRmfEyiDAE.) 



Thifi family of fre^h water fishes is remarkable for several 

 reaetm^ : 



From an edible point of view, bet^an^e it inrhiihs the Kalui 

 {Osphrommus olfa.r), known in India as the Oouramt, which has a 

 world wide reputation as one of the finest flavonred fro^sh water 

 fish known, as well jis tlic PSpuyu, a favonrit^^ foc^l fish in Xegri 

 Seuibihui. 



