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ZOOLOGY OF THE FAR HAvST. 
.1 mbassis commersoni is a common species, its range extends from the Red Sea 
through the seas of India to North Australia. It ascends rivers and estuaries. 
Family LATIDAE. 
Lates calcarifer (Bloch). 
iS/cS. Lilies calcariler. Day. op. cil., p. 7, pi. i, fig. i. 
This widely distributed species of the East is represented in Dr. Annandale's 
collection by a single specimen obtained at Singgora. iMics calcarifer is found in 
seas, backwaters and the mouths of the tidal rivers. 
Family SERRANIDAE. 
Serranus diacanthus Cuv. and Val. 
1878. Serranus diacanthus. Day, op. cif.. p. 17, pi. iii. Wn. 4. 
There is a single young specimen of this species obtained by Dr. Annandale on 
the shore of the mainland opposite west end of Koh Yaw. The species is found in 
the seas of India and its range extends to the Malay Archipelago. 
Serranus lanceolatus (Bloch). 
1878. Serranus lanceolatus. Day, op. cit., p. i8.pl. iv. fig. i. 
There are two specimens of this species in the collection, one was obtained at 
Singgora, while the other, a young one, was netted in the channel near vSinggora. 
The range of Serranus lanceolatus extends from the east coast of Africa through the 
seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 
Serranus salmoides (Lacep.). 
1878. Serr(i)ius salmoides, Day, op. cit., p. 20, pi. iv. fig. 3. 
A single specimen of this species obtained at Singgora is present in the collection . 
The species is found in Red Sea, the seas of India and the Malay Archipelago. 
Serranus boenack (Bloch). 
1878. Serranus boenack. Day. op. cit., p. 23, pi. vi, fijj. i. 
This species is represented in the collection by a single specimen from Singgora. 
Serranus boenack occurs in the .seas of India and the Malay Archipelago and its range 
extends as far east as China. 
Family LOBOTIDAE. 
Datnioides quadrifasciatus (Sevastian.). 
1878. Datnioides po/ota, Day, op. cit., p 96. pi. xxiv, fig. 6. 
1888. Datnioides quadrifasciatus, Day, Fish. India Supp., p. 7<Sf). 
Three half-grown specimens of this species were obtained by Dr. Annandale at 
the mouth o^ the Patalung river. The species is found in estuaries and within 
tidal influence of the (janges and the rivers of Burma. Its range extends to the 
Malay Archipelago. 
