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FBEFAOB. 



The material is thie book had been put together hasMIy during 

 a period of five months in the intervals of coiisideraJjle pressure of 

 other work, 



'the pktes haTe Iwen b^auttiinllj prepared by Mr. Black of th^ 

 Survey Dopartmentj Kuala Lumpur, but it k to be regretted 

 thftt many of the fishes have been badly displa3'^ed and badly pkoto- 

 graplie<i. 



The writer was nnable to find time to be present at the Clyd^e 

 Terrace Market, Singapore, Ai'here most of the photographs were 

 ta3cen, tJie fisth bein^ lior rowed for a minute or fen-ft from the stall- 

 holders, and in consequence^ the specific identification of every fifih 

 from a poor photograph has been impossible, tliough the writer 

 feels confident that the families and genera have Ijeen correctly 

 given. 



The writers thanks are due to Messrs. Stead and Soug'hley. 

 But lor their works on Australian Joshes, from which qnotationa 

 have been freely made, this work could not have been written. 



To the Directors and Staff of the F, M, S. Museums and the 

 Raffles Mugeum, Singapore^ who have granted me ^facilities for 

 consulting the reierenee librariea and permission to examine and 

 photograph speeimeus m the Mii^eum collections, I desire to ex- 

 press my indebtedness- 



C. X, Mixwmj^, 



Director of Supplies, 



Singapore, 16th June, 1923. 



