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2nd.—4 species cannot be classified amongst the genera 
known hitherto* but render it necessary to form 4 new genera. 
3rd.—Besides these 4 or at least 3 species, there are 8 
others also new to science, so that one half of the collection 
consists of species altogether unknown. 
4th.—The remaining 4 species already known also belong 
to the fauna of Java. 
The species of this collection belong to 9 families and 18 
genera, viz,: 
Percoidei—Therapon iheraps C V 
Jlolocentrum leonoides Blkr. 
Sillago acuta C. V.* 
Sparoidei—Dipterygonotus leueo- 
grammicus Blkr. 
Apogonoides maeassariensis Blkr. 
Chaeiodontoidei—Drepanequttata cv 
Scatophagus argus C. V. 
Toxotes jacnlator C. V • 
Scomberoidei—Caranx leptolepis K H 
„ pseudopterygius Blkr, 
Mugiloidei—Aiherina argyrotaeniata 
Blkr. 
Situroidei—Plotosus lineatus C. V.* 
Scopelioi—Saurus badi Cu?,* 
Clupeoidei—Clupea gibbosa Blkr. 
„ argyrotaeniata Blkr 
„ maeassariensis Blkr 
Amblygaster clupevides Blkr 
Engraulis zollingen Blkr. 
Balistini—Balistesmelanopleum Blkr 
Pogonognathus barbatus Blkr 
Triacanthus biaculeatus C. V.* 
The species marked thus * are found in the tables at the 
head of this contribution. By the 15 species new to the Fauna 
of Celebes the number of all the species of its fishes is raised 
to 108, that of the genera to 91, viz.: 
Percoidei 
13 Genera, 23 Species. 
Sparoidei 
5 
5 
Chaetodontoidei 
10 
7 
Scomberoidei 
7 
13 
Mugiloidei 
3 
2 
Clupeoidei 
5 
7 
Balistini 
3 
4 
leaving the numbers of the remaining families as enumerated 
in the beginning of this treatise. 
Overlooking the species marked *, we find only 4 among 
those new for Celebes also known in Java, viz.Therapon 
theraps C. V.; Drepane guttata C. V.; Scatophagus argus 
C. V.; and Caranx leptolepis K. v. H. Thus of the 108 
species of fishes known in Celebes 64 are also found in Java. 
Celebes most probably has a much greater abundance of 
fishes than Java. Notwithstanding this we know compara¬ 
tively but a small number of species. I am of opinion that 108 
expresses not yet the 8th part of the number of all the species 
of fishes actually living in Celebes and in its coastwaters. 
There is still to be found a rich treasure for science, not only 
in ascertaining the geographic dispersion of the species 
