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of which BLEEKER (5) speaks (Mungo Park, RAFFLES) are not 
considered. 
Of every species of fish in Sumatra I noted the localities 
where they were to be found and marked them. If they are 
in the Atlantie these localities are not detailed. Beginning 
in the West of the Indian Ocean and following the continent 
of Asia till Japan, and then from Penang and Malacea over 
Singapore and the small islands in the neighbourhood of 
Sumatra towards Borneo, Java and the small Sunda islets, 
then over Celebes, the Moluccas, New-Guinea till Australia 
and the Western Pacific I mentioned all places where the 
fishes are found. 
The localities in Sumatra are mentioned in the following 
manner: I began in the Northwest of the South-coast, went 
along this coast towards the Southeast point and then followed 
the Northwest coast. For several species I met with the 
names in the native language. 
So I hope, this troublesome and sometimes tedious work 
will help to better our knowledge of the fauna of Sumatra. 
Of the 847 Sumatran fishes, signalised till now, more than 
half, 437 species, are inhabitants of the sea; 295 species live 
only in the freshwater; 80 species are found in the sea and 
brackish water; 66 are not to be distinguished from sea, 
brackish or freshwater; 31 species go from the freshwater to 
the estuaries and 9 were found only. in the latter, but they 
surely go also either into the sea or into freshwater. Of 
one species the water is not known. 62 out of the 847 species 
mentioned are only to be found in Sumatra. 
