Malayan Fishes.
PART II.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MALAYAN FISHES.
Note: The letters and abbreviations inserted in brackets after the Malay name of each fish, refer to authorities for both the Malay and scientific synonyms.
Where no authority is given the writer accepts responsibility for the identity of those species.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
C. = Cantor. D. = Dennys. R. = Rowell. R. M. = Raffles Museum. Dun.= Duncker. Blkr. Bleeker. M. W. and de B. = Max Weber and de Beaufort. S. = Sauvage. Wilk. = Wil- kinson. C. and S. = Clifford and Swettenham. S. M. = Selangor Museum. Blgr. = Boulenge.
| Alu-alu. | Sphyraena novae-hollandiae.
Sphyraena„ obtusata. Sphyraena„ jello. Barracudas. Fam. Sphyraenidae. Members of the genus Sphyraena are called "Barracudas" in America and elsewhere, and Pikes in Australia. See also Kachang-kachang and Těnok. |
| Ambu-ambu | (Wilk.). "The name of a large deep-sea fish. When preserved this fish is known as Ikan kembal mas."
Probably Tongkol or Ikan ayer. Thynnus thunnina or the Bonito Thynnus pelamys. Mackerel. Fam. Scombridae. See Kembal mas. |
| Ampas těbu | (R. M.). Pristipoma operculare.
"Grunters." Fam. Pristipomatidae. |
| Ampit. Anak ampit | (Wilk.): (Kedah) a fish; better known as Ikan pělaga. This is probably the well known fighting fish Ikan bělaga: Betta pugnax.
Betta„ bellica. Fam. Osphromenidae. See also Pala and Bělaga. |
