MALAYAN FISHKS 



These fishes uppear to bu moiio^iitntjuii, some hreediijg in 

 ^a-flj sfl-amps or the etl^es* of tmk^- md otliers in holes in the 

 river bank^j* 



They eonistnwt ne»te amourist tlie water-we^dn where the 

 ova arc depa^iitpf]. Vklmn very vo^iiih; the fry of all &pecitv, Aruan» 

 Toman, Bujok, etc. kt^ep witli, and are defended by, thi'ir parents^ 

 but m soon ag they Are i-uffii'ieiitly strong to capture prey for them- 

 setvefs, tliey are driven away to seek their owti subsi^taiice : those 

 whidi are too ohstiiiate to leave \mn^ eaten by their progenitors. 



The Mflliiv^^ Imve a saying Bttfjai tonmn mtd;an anak\ Like 

 the Toman M\ vvliieh eatf; it.-^ own youu^/' which h sppUed to 

 person.'? in high plaeerf who miijuse their poweTf?^ oppressing tiiose 

 whom they should protect. 



The Aruan and Toman will rondily take a liait, especially a 

 itag^ and are said to rise to the i«almon fiy. The largest run well 

 over 3 feet in ienj^th. 



They are cftiight in great quantities in the Krian irrigation 

 teservoir at Bukit Merah ajul sent alive in tuljs all over the F. M, 



NANNyCAl. 



iBERYCIDAl':.) 



The Sebekah karan]^ (Mjfriprisiu niiirdjan] is a small fish 

 of no particular economic importance. 



The BfiaYcrDAK, of which there are about 70 apecies, live, most- 

 ly at fjreat depthe, in the i^eas all over tJie world* 



The " Xannypai '* of Australia, which belongs to this family^ 

 is highly esteenied on accovuit of it*? delicate flavour and firm white 

 flesh . Ifoughley writes, 



"Until recently the supply of Xannygai ' to the market 

 has been an intermittent one, occasional specimenjs only being 

 found tliete. 



"The trawlers have now quit* altered thia and large 

 qiiantitiea are being received i'roni them daily, with the re.inlt 

 &at it is one of the commonest iish aeen in the market. 



"Hundreds of people visiting there in search of trawled 

 figh are now seeing the ^Xannygai* for the first time." 



I suggest that the capture of the " Nannygai " and other, 

 hitherto unrecorded, specie^ of ^^ood edible deep water tish, by *' 

 mesne of a commercial steam trawler, is well within the region of 

 posfiibilit}'. We have, as a penisal of this book will ishew^ many fiah 

 in oiir waters which range aa far as Australia but no enginea or 

 methods of capture are utilised in our waters which take bottom 

 feeding fmhcs in deptiis of uO fatlioms. 



