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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 
ICHTHYOLOGICAL FAUNA OF CELEBES. 
By Dr. Bleeker, Director and Secretary of the 
Batavian Society of Arts and Science fyc. 
The Ichthyological Fauna of the great island of Celebes 
has, up to this day, never been treated of by itself. The few 
notices regarding it are scattered through some icbthyographic 
and ethnographic works, principally in the treatises entitled— 
“Schetsen uit de oostelyke streken des Indischen Archipels, 
door J Muller.” 
“Overzigt der uit de Sunda en Moluksche Zeen bekendeviss- 
chen van de geslachten Amphiprion, Premnas, Pornacentrus, 
Glyphisodon, Dascyllus en Heliases, door H. Schlegel & J. 
Muller.” 
Both are inserted in the “Verhandelingen over de natuur- 
lyke gescbiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche bezittingen” 
as well as in the “Histoire naturelle des poissons” by Cuvier, 
Valenciennes. 
In the various works I find mentioned 91 species of fishes 
belonging to the fauna of Celebes. Dr Muller alludes to the 
existence of some genera at this place, without giving a des¬ 
cription of their different species. 
By comparing all the known genera and species I obtained 
the following summary : 
Familiae. 
Percoidei.. .. 
Scleroparei.. .. .. 
Sciaenoidei. 
Sparuidei.. .. •• .. 
Chaetodontoidei., . 
Otpbronemoidei.. .. 
Scomberoidei,. .. •• 
Theutides., .. .. .. 
Mugiloidei,. .. .. 
Gobioidei.. 
Labroidel Ctenoid el,. 
Labroidel Cycloidei.. 
Siluroidex., . * .. *» 
Scombereiocei,. ... 
Genera 
Species 
Familiae. 
Genera 
Species 
13 
21 
Scopelini.. *. .. *. 
1 
1 
3 
4 
Clupesoces. 
2 
2 
4 
5 
Ciupeoidei.. .. 
4 
2 
3 
3 
Pleuronectoidel,. .. 
2 
0 
10 
5 
jLopbobrauchil.. .... 
1 
Q 
S 
2 
?Balistini.. . .. .. 
3 
3 
7 
11 
Gymnodonta.. .. .. 
1 
S 
1 
I 
Scyllia, .. .. .... 
1 
i 
2 
1 
Carchariae.. 
2 
2 
5 
5 
Squatinorajae.. .... 
1 
l l 
4 
10 
Torpedines. 
1 
6 
2 
Trygonee.. » .. •• 
1 
t 
3 
1 
c 
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