806 ON THE VOLCANO OP TAAL, 



Drepane punctata, Linn. 



Platax vespertilio, Bloch. 



Arius thalassinus, Rupp. 



Calichrous bimaculatus, Bloch. 



Plotosus angularis, Bloch. 



Clarias dussumieri, Ouv. and Val. If I am right in this 

 identification this is a common fish in the ditches and streams 

 about Manila, and may be the species which is consumed in such 

 numbers in the Laguna de Bay. It is called by the natives 

 Candolia. 



Notopterus kapirat, Lacep. 



MuR^NESOX ciNEREUS, Forskal. 



Histiophorus brevirostris, Playfair. 



EcHiNEis neucrates, Linn. 



Antennarius nummiper, Cuv. On floating sea-weed outside the 

 Bay of Taal. 



Trygon walga, Mull. 



Besides sharks, eels, pipe-flshes, sea-horses, file-flshes, cofi'er- 

 flshes, globe-flshes, &c. On one day we passed through a shoal of 

 what appeared to be herrings in leaving the anchorage. Flying 

 flsh were also numerous. A good work on the ichthyology of the 

 Philippines is a great desideratum in natural history. At present 

 scarcely anything is k nown. No doubt the flsh fauna belongs 

 generally to the Indian region, but seeing how many peculiar 

 forms have been revealed by the French naturalists in Cochin 

 China, we might well expect similar and important i-esults from 

 a study of those of this interesting Archipelago. The fish fauna 

 is particularly rich, like that of all islands surrounded by a deep 

 sea and a coral formation. 



