On Freshwater Fishes from Palawan and Balahac. 185 



XX. — List of the Freshwater Fishes collected hy Mr. A. 

 Everett on Palawan aud Balahac. By G. A. Boulenqer, 

 F.R.S. 



Small as it is, the collection of freshwater fishes made by 

 Mr. Everett on the islands of Palawan and Balabac is of 

 great interest, as affording the first information on this part 

 of the fauna of these islands, which, as first pointed out by 

 Mr. Everett, shows a mingling of Bornean and Philippine 

 elements, with a marked predominance of the former. All 

 that was previously known of the fishes of Palawan is con- 

 tained in a short list of marine and estuarine species quite 

 recently published by Vaillant (N. Arch. Mus. (8) v. 1893, 



Tlie Philippines proper (east of Mindoro Straits) are 

 believed to be particularly poor in Cyprinoids, only four 

 species being on record, viz. : — Dangila i^hilippina, Heck., 

 Gyrene cyanoparia^ Heck., the correct habitat of both of 

 which is, however, still somewhat doubtful ; and Barbus 

 {Puntius) 3Iontanoiy Sauvage*, and Rasbora philippina, Gtlir., 

 from Mindanao. It is therefore gratifying to find tliree out 

 of the thirteen species recorded below belong to that family. 

 Siluroids, which likewise appear to be scantily represented 

 in the Philippines, are unfortunately not at all represented in 

 this collection. 



1. Gohius giuris, Ham. Buch. 

 Palawan. 



Freshwaters and coasts of India to Southern China and 

 the whole Malay Archipelago. 



2. Gohius grammepomuSj Blkr. 

 Palawan. 

 Inhabits the whole Malay Archipelago. 



3. Sicydium cynocephalumy C. & V. 

 Palawan. 



Recorded from Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Flores, 

 Celebes, and Batjan. 



4. Eleotris aporus, Blkr. 



Palawan, Balabac. 



Freshwaters and coasts of Borneo, Sumba, Batjan, the 

 Moluccas, and the Fiji Islands. 

 * With which Giinther's Barbus jnaculatus, var., is no doubt identical. 



