THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



[SEVENTH SERIES.J 

 No. 14. FEBRUARY 1899. 



XVI. — On the Origin of the Fauna of Celebes. 

 By Professor Dr. Max Weber. 



[The following notes * are part of an article by Dr. Max 

 Weber entitled " Die Susswasserfische des Indischen 

 Archipels," which appeared in his ' Zoologische Ergebnisse 

 einer Reise in Niederlandisch Ost-Indien,' vol. iii. 1894. In 

 the first and special portion of the article complete lists of the 

 freshwater fishes of Celebes and other islands are given, 

 which are not reproduced here.] 



In dealing more closely with some questions of a general 

 character, our starting-point is the opinion so clearly expressed 

 by Dr. Gunther f :— " The freshwater fishes being limited 

 to the river- or lake-systems which they inhabit, and being 

 less exposed to the disturbance affecting the terrestrial 

 animals, are singularly adapted for the elucidation of the 

 original geographical distribution of animals of the present 

 creation." 



* Translated by Miss Ethel S. Barton. 

 t Cat. Fish, vii'i. p. ix. 

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