MALAYAN FISHEB. 



Koug^hk_Y writes, '* The most prollfie grounds are found to l^e 

 lictwfeii 50 and 00 futhcmis in depth,'' atid again, '* Mfiiiy spedea, 

 TPhich before tlie advent of trawling were verj rarely seen in tlie 

 markets and whitth were in fact considered by many to tiecur only 

 in i^niHll iiumbt^rs on our coast, coukl now l>u mmntpd iiv t]ii>n- 



KNtGHT-FlSHES. 



(MONOCENTRIDA E. ) 



The Setonggang {Munocentris japoniatiA) is a curious little 

 fish witJi Piiorniona Ixjny ^cahs and two long ventral spines. It 

 haf; no edible vaUie. 



" BULL'S-EYES," 



{rEMPIIKBIDAB.) 



1 have no personal knowledge of these fishes and^ as they are 

 never oaptured in Mimbers, they are nnimportant frf>in an economic 

 standpoint. 



" DRUMMERS." 



{KrPlJOSIDAK,) 



The T^lan rum put (Ktff/hmun dmrojscetis) aa its name ex- 

 plain? is a herbivorous fish, siibsi&tiTig chiefly on "sea-grass^* and 

 "sea-moss/' It is a congener of tile Drummer of New South 

 Walfij* {Kyplumia si/diwtiatim) and belongs to the same family as 

 that exwllpnt food and sporting fish known in New Soutli Wales 

 as the BJaokfish. 



DUSKY-PERCH. 



(LOBOTIDAE.) 



The Fee hah periok (Lohoies sJirimmensis) is a large perch- 

 lj^ke ciftuarv fish wiiich reaches a length of 3 or 4 feet and a 

 weight of 25 to 30 pounds. It k known in Australia as tlie Bu^ky 

 P^TCh. 



According to Boulengi^r*s classilicafcion, the family contains 

 two genera, I/obfifm and Dahiioides, each with two speeieSf and 

 tiiough the two species of Daimmdcs are kno-m to occur in tlie 

 estuaries and rivers of tlie Malay Poniusula^ they liave not yet, aa 

 far as I am aware, been identified under a Malay name. 



The Pechah perjok is an excellent food fish and it readily 

 takes a fi^h bait. 



It has a very wide range, being found in Queensland, the West 

 Tndie-, on the twt coast of the United States of Amifru'R, as far 

 North as Cape Cod, in the Mediterranean Sea, India and China. 



