Malayan Fishes* 

 PART I. 



UJANT HERRINGS. 



(EWP8WAE,] 



Tills family contains but few species; the inttiviclualg however, 

 nlionjiit 111 tlip tTO|>ip«l mm aud are of great miportance Ijoth as food 

 Hfid i^anie fLshes. 



* Tlie Bandanff or Menangin {EUps hawailemk) ia kno^iiii to 

 Amerif'Hn^i iu the i'hilipfiiiie.i ik Hitwflii as the Ten-poutifler. Tt 

 reaches a leiii^th <tf alKtiit 4 feet \a an eiUble fish of nmstiilembk 

 value. 



The Bulan-bulan {Megfiiops ajprmoxdes) is the rndo-Piioific 

 Tarpoji ajid \? vt*rv (^lojsely related to the well known sportijiij fish 

 •of Ameriea. It i.i known in Aiistralitt us the Ox-Eye or Big Eyed 

 Herring. 



It has a very wide ransje extentliiig from India t^ Atiatralia 

 !ind from East Afriea to the Sandwich Islantls. Tt is known to 

 penetrate the river^i ri^flrt up into fresh water iind hAn lieeii isuceeifi- 

 fylly cultivated in hrackid) or even fresh water. 



From an edihle i^taudpoijit it rank* very hiH:h. Its llesh is 

 firm, well flavoured and iicwst^^sed of <food keeping? ciuahtiea. It 

 attfiini: a len;^th of % feet and when oiir fii=lierieii B-te Itetter known 

 it may, as Stead ha,* remarked, " turn out to \\& ^rcat a sporting 

 fish m the Tarpon," 



THE FEATHER BACKS. 



{yOTOPTERWAE.) 



The BdlJda (XotopteniJt miopierm) a fiiirly eomnion fresli 

 Wiit:** fidh whirli attaiiis a length of well over tiiree feet. The helly 

 h said to he extremely ricli aiid well flavoured but the back eontaina 

 numerous email buues. 



THE MILK FISH. 



{CHANJDAE,) 



Tiie Bandang or Jan gas (dianos dimos) is the well known 

 ililk-rsh or Whitv M i Hot and is kiiowji m the ^al mou-H erring- 

 in Anstralia. It is a nea and e&tiiary fi&h and feeds on " sea moss/* 

 an alga ( Oedoganium ) , 



