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MALAYAN FISHES. 



The roe of the Tirubok (Telor tertibok) Is n highly valued 

 dclit'flt'y ami tlu- fell iirc stilJ cdii^^Iit in lar^^e quHJitities near Beng- 

 kAli.•^ (iS'iak) iiml the tops ilried ami salk'd U)V export. Cantor 

 writiJi^ h\ 1H5(I, gtates tlint 4<» yejiris a«ro tlit Ifaja t)t' Siak is Baid 

 to liiivc olitaiiit'd aij auiiuitl revenue of T'^ijOUO tEuikkr& from the 

 Terubok roe itKhistry alont\ 



The Selangat of the eoutheni part of tlie Peiiiiisiik in known 

 m Nandong in I^niiii^i and Kcdali* and as^ Kebasi on the Eaj?t 

 eimiit. It is altio kuoivn to tlit* Filipiuo^i as Kabasi, The Kiigiish 

 or A I II uric an uaiiu' fcir it. is the Baiilinjr Sluid iiuil in .\iij^frHlia a 

 uiinniit'r of tla* ^ame sui|>faniil\ is known as the Bonv Bream or 

 "Hair-hack/' 



Jt ift a bony little fiah hut very plentiful and dreap : it is dried 

 and Baited in eiiormoiw (nmntitie^* both for lo<al fongumption and 

 export 



The Tarn ban i.4 one of our coitunonest fish ttiid will eventually 

 bii one of oiit most important and valuable food tishee* 



l>r. t'ftiiloT who wrote a catalo|,'ue of Mtilaxan Fishet^ in 18511, 

 Sftyji iif tho Tamban bulat: 'Vlt is* Iii^IiJy v^diu'd for itt? deli<ifltf 

 llavfuir and l oiumoiily as a ' iiardiiie*^' : and of the Tamban 



nipis he wrileii. They pass in the Sottlementj^ of tlie Straits under 

 the deiitjmijiatit>n of * Sardines' iti imitation of which they are- 

 sometimes prt'sorved in nil.*' 



The Mollis ill the l^hilippiiu-^ luive the snnur' name Tamban 

 for this Irsli and SeaJe writes " Any of these sardines won Id lumpare 

 favourably wJtli the spetdes put U]j in oil on the IVcillc Coast/' 



We t*ontinue to import thou.^ands of oases of sardines annually 

 into the Straits and F. if, S,. whik^ mir rseas ^Jwanu with sardines, 



It h jx>pidarly isupposed that sardines are prei?erve<l in olive 

 oil but I liave more than a auspieion that refine<! cnc-oriiit oil, ^^samw 

 or gin^clly oil, and otiier vegetalde oil:^, whitdi ari> largely expOFted 

 from the East, return to iis with the imported tinned herrings and 

 sard i nets, , 



The Bu)u ayam and Bills (Almo: Dilisi luv au^hovie^i and 

 sprats. 



Stead writing of the Mngruutia ntUipodum id' Australia, says*, 

 ** For all prnetiii-al aiitl woiiomie purpose- therv is no dilTfreiiw Iw- 

 iwtiiW <!ur Aiuliovies and tlie fanvoa^ fishes t»f that nanu; jn the 

 Mediterranean i^ea*" 



A ^lant e at the syst«iii|ti(: list of memWr^ of, tlw* herriu«/ family 



will shuw That we liave at lefet 8 speoies of f^Jthfrnufh and 3 species 

 of isioJepfforus. 



