MALAYAN FISHK8. 



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The *' wBWff^ " mdvide onr Ekan merah ^vbich is kriown m 

 J£n£:hak in Fenang {Luiianuji spp.), Thprc are ppvliaps more 

 than 80 si)eeies in local water.* ot vrliieli the list in thh hmik {jives 

 • 13 onlj. 



Two or three Snapjiers are of a brownish eolouTj but the 

 -coloiiriiig of tlie test ot this brilliant family ranges between crimson, 

 scarlet and golden, while some liavc violet^ purple ftud bhte bands. 



They are all pjood edible Hsb and no swHggcr dinner in Singa- 

 pore is supposed to be <L't>mplet.e imle^ss Iknn me rah appears on 

 the HI en II. Th^ir popidaritj' makes them exiieiiiiive. 



" WHITINGS." 



iSILLAGIMDA^J.) 



The Bulys-bulus { Sil}tt<fo spp.) is one of our wmnjon inarket 

 fish and ran be oljtained all the year itiimdj though never in large 

 quajitities- 



The SiUa{/6 sihama h ktiovm in Madras as TOitiUf^ *" and 

 ASiWif/o macnltita exiled the Trumpeter M'hitin^ in tjiieonsiland 

 -and New South Wales wliere it is* greatly valued for it^i cxcelWnee 

 as a food fish. 



They fre<]uent slmUow^ wnter and sandy !>ottom& where they 

 feed on gmall criistaeeans. wormy, sand hoppers, etc. There is 

 f prohably no cleaner fmling fi^h than the Whiting, a fact which 

 perhaps atcoinits in some meaisure fi)r its delintto liavour and 

 whole/omeness. 



Both uur varit^ties, whether iidult or yoimgj are verj' shj and 

 iiiistaiitly bury themselves in the sand on t!ie ivppearfljice of any 

 danger. Hven a pa-s.^iu)? dark eloud leads to their immediate dis- 

 appearance into tlw. sauil whcnec tiiey emerge a Tew momentiS later, 



Iion/?hky writiug of anotber j^pet-i^s, whieh has the same liahit 



says : 



In the capture of this fish tlie banlijig mi le prindpatlj 

 ustMl. It displays considerable rt^soiirce in evading the net* 

 giving at times nmeh trouble to tliu tlsiierman. As it is hauled 

 near tlie shore, nniny fish, {>ereeiving that tbey have heen 

 trapped, fpnekly burrow into llie ?and. Were not the fisher- 

 man alert to thi^ eunning metluid of evasion, a large iiviniher 

 of Jish would be \mU but when it is known that the haul eon- 

 sists, in the main, of Whiting, they earefully tramp over the 

 ijan^ eneloseil bv the net aufl upon feeling any movement 

 beneath their feet, qniekly grab the concea!e(J flab,'" 



Wliiting fishing is perhajJi^ the uearnst thing to trout lisbijig 

 that tilie ^en-angk'r eivn obtain. A light rod, fine ta<'klt' and ^mall 

 liooks are required and the s^and ilats should be fished on the flood 

 tide. The bait should be east as far as pos ible. The fish will lie 

 taken in wnter only ankle deep and the best bait are prawns, small 

 bivalves. Re mis, KepAh, ftt\, uliieli are found on saudy beaches, 

 and beach wurms, Pumpun sarong tiud Pumpun da rat. 



