MALAYAN FISHES. 27 

 THREAD FINS, 



{POLYNEMIDAE,) 



^ Tlieae fiisli ure aU e\<iiUmt m tom\ anrl from fOBie rough iamg- 

 or fi^ti sou ml:* are obtained. 



One of our Kurau (Pohjriemm /iamtlmuA) ijs the Tupei Mi 

 of ludta find the Manijo fish of Burni«. Thin fiinrtll fish winch 

 flttiiins a kii^jth of about y inche.s only, Is t'on-'^ideTed a pjreat luxury 

 hotb in ludiH ami Hiirmn. It hm v<-rv long filanieiits, longer than 

 \t£e]i, proctH'tliiifj from eadi siiile, just below the pectoral fUis. 



The comniou Kurau (/^ indicuft} attains a length of 4 feet 

 and about 20 \}m. in weight. 



The Kurau janggut (P, kfrmlacitjhi^). vvbidi is aUo known 

 on tbe Queensibuid loast liy the very u)iBuit4ibk* name " Oooktown 

 Salmon/^ trrows to a very large alze. 



Day cjuotL^js Hamilton Boehanflii m oiisc^rviiiir I Iwro bcscn 

 juaured by a cretU table native that be saw one which mis a luad for 



men and which certainly tht^efore exceeded in weight 3^0 

 ponnds avoird iiiiois," 



BARRACUDAS. 



{^PlfrRAENlDAE.) 



The Alu-Alu are carnivoroiii^ ami bi<rhly voracious ilshea 

 wbieh give #?otnl »port with a trolling bait or j^pimier. 



Cantor mentioTis two iTjecies onlyj S. jello and S. Qhimaiat aa 

 inhabiting the seas off Penaji*: iind Singaiwre bnt I have a snap- 

 shot of out' taken liy me olf Pahnn*r wbieb do«^ nut agree with Day's 

 plates of either of these tish and L-* I think nucae-hollandiae,. 

 It ia more than probd>le that otlier species will be discovered in 

 theae wafccr{^. 



A wcdl known AnieFicnn ^^ame fisherman from Honohdu who 

 visited Singapore recently recognised the ii^ili botb in the Singapore 

 market and from tbe photograph as the Alu-alu of Hawaii. 



Roughlcy' writes of Sphjfm^nti mvae-hollandiaB, 



" The Sbort-finiied Pike i& an edilile fish of very consider- 

 able value and ii? deservedly popular, though it ha^ probably 

 never been tasted liy a very great portion of the community. 



'*It forma one of fi too numerous collectiou of Tf^ry 

 valuable table fishf^ which are siarccly utilised, owing to tbe 

 uneiiterprising methods adopted in their capture." 



i Fisbes tkt Awtralia. 



