THE ESTUARIAL SPORTING PISH 
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THE BAMEEN. 
Polynamus tetradaetylus . Native name : Bameen. 
Habitat. —The tidal backwaters and estuaries on both Indian coasts. 
Description. —A strong, hard mouthed fish requiring stout tackle and a wire 
gimp trace. It attains to 6 feet and upwards in length, and sometimes exceeds 
300 lbs. in weight. It is excellent eating. It ascends higher up the rivers than 
most estuarial fish. It takes a fly such as is used for Bass, but will take dead 
bait, meat, a spoon, etc., and a piece of red rag. It is a good fighter. 
P. Indicns is found in the same waters, but it seldom exceeds 4 feet in 
length, and but rarelv above 20 lbs. in weight. 
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THE BECKTIE. 
Pates calcarajer. Native names : Becktie , Hind, and Beng.; Kaulanji and 
Madame , Canarese ; (The Nair fish of Europeans in S. India) ; Dungara , Sindh ; 
Paddec Neem or Naiv-Neem, Mai. ; Koduwa , Tam. ; Bandukopa or Bonda- 
Mekum , Tel; Bhekkut , Ooriya. 
