Fish of the Tale Sup. 
SILUROIDEA. 
Family CLARIIDAK. 
Clarias batrachus (T.imi ). 
1913 Clarias batrachus. Weber and Beaufort, Fish. Indo- Austral, .-irchipel. II, p. 190. fig. 74. 
This common Oriental species is represented in Dr. Annandale's collection 
from the Tale Sap by eight young and half-grown specimens. They were col- 
lected at the following localities : — 
4 Small pools and ditches near the edge of the lake at Lampam (16-1-16). 
3 Shore of the Tale Sap near Singgora (20-1-16). 
I Shore of Koh Yaw (29-1-16). 
Family SILURIDAE. 
Callichrous bimaculatus (Bloch). 
1913. Callichrous bimaculatus, Weber and Beaufort, op. cit., p. 20g. 
There are several young and two half-grown specimens of this species in 
the collection. The young examples were obtained in small pools and ditches 
near the edge of the lake at Lampam, while the larger specimens were netted 
near the mouth of the Patelung river. 
Callichrous bimaculatus is wideh^ distributed in the Oriental Region. 
Family PLOTOSIDAE. 
Plotosus canius (Ham. Buch.). 
1913. Plotosus canius, Wel>er and Beaufort, op. cit., p. 227. 
F'ive specimens of this species were collected from the following localities:— 
3 Shore of the Tale Sap near Singgora (21-1-16). 
I Across channel from Singgora (24-1- 16). 
I Shore of mainland opposite W. end of Koh Yaw at low tide (29-1-1O). 
Plotosus canius is found in the seas of India, Ceylon, Burma, and the Malay 
Archipelago. It ascends rivers far above the tidal limit. 
Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch). 
1913. Plotosus anguillaris, Weber and Beaufort, op. cit., p. 229. 
There are four specimens of this widely distributed species in Dr. Annandale's 
collection from the Tale Sap. Tliey were obtained from near the shore of the lake 
at Singgora. 
Family ARIIDAE. 
Arius maculatus (Thunb.). 
1913. Arius maculatus, Weber and Beaufort, op. cit., p. 284 
This species is represented by a single specimen in the collection. It was 
taken near the shore of the lake at Singgora. Arius maculatus occurs in seas 
and estuaries of Siam, Philippines, China, Riu Kiu Islands and the Indo- 
Austrahan Archipelago. 
