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FASCICULI MALAY FUSES 
TRICHIURIDAE 
6. Trichiurus savala, C. and V. 
Trichiurus savala, Cuv, and VaL, viii, p. 251, pL 244. 
7. Trichiurus haumela, (Forsk.) 
Clupea haumela, Forsk.^ P* 
‘ These two species are known at Patani as Ikan lelayang^ and form the 
object of a cult among certain Malay families/ 
CARANGIDAE 
8. Caranx nigripinnis, Day 
Caranx nigripinnis, F>ay^ Fishes India^ p. 225, pi. li, fig. 5. 
9. Chorinemus moadetta, C. and V. 
Chorinemus moadetta, Cuv. and Val.^ viii, p. 382. 
One specimen obtained differs, in some respects, from Day’s description.^ 
The spines of the first dorsal fin are slightly flattened and overlap each other. 
The first is recumbent and directed forward ; it is very small and almost con- 
cealed by the skin. There are seven free spines in addition to this concealed 
one. The second dorsal fin has one spine and twenty rays, and the anal has 
two spines and twenty rays. The height of the body is contained four-and-a- 
quarter times in the total length. The skin is thick and leathery ; the scales are 
very small and are invisible even to a hand lens ; they lie in longitudinal rows 
with their ends overlapping. Their longitudinal diameter is ten times that of 
the transverse. They are blunt at one end and' pointed at the other. 
One specimen, four inches long. 
10. Equila ruconius, (Ham. Buch.) 
Chanda ruconius. Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges^ pp. 106, 371, pi. xii, fig. 35. 
‘ V^ery numerous. The individuals of this species swim in shoals of about 
thirty or forty, being very common in the brackish water of the Jambu and 
Patani estuaries. They are continually leaping from the surface together, and 
cause brilliant flashes of luminescence by their movements at night. The 
fishermen catch them in order that they may form an ingredient of blacham — 
a malodorous Malay relish made of all kinds of small fish and crustaceans, 
pounded up, half cured in weak brine, and allowed to become putrid.’ 
I. The word lelayang in the Patani dialect = layang-layang (swallow, swift, or toy kite) in more correct Malay, 
just as lelagu [anteu, part I, p. 147, note) = lagu-lagu, and kakachang {j>ostea, fish, no. 19) = kachang-kachang (peas or 
lentils). N.A. 
2. F..scic. Malay. — Anthropology., part I, pp. 74-76. 
3. Day, Fiihei India, p. 230, pi. 11b, fig. I. 
