A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 
ICHTHYOLOGICAL FAUNA OF SUMBAWA. 
By Dr. Sleeker. 
Chir. MajBesturend Lid en Secretaris v. h. Bat. Gen. v. K. en 
W., Lid v. h. Jmsterd. Genees. en Heelk. Gen., v. d. 
Maatsh. v. Nederl. Letterk. te Leiden, v. h. 
Natuurk. Gen, te Groningen Sfc. Sfc. 
The meritorious naturalist traveller H. Zollinger, had the good¬ 
ness, during his residence at Bima on the island of Sumbawa, to col¬ 
lect for me a great many kinds of fishes. To the collection thus 
brought together by that learned person, this account is indebted for 
its origin. 
Siwnbawa was until this time totally unknown in an ichthyologi¬ 
cal point of view. Science is thus under new obligations to my 
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friend Zollinger. The natural history of Netherlands India expect¬ 
ed from him yet greater advances, but peculiar circumstances caus¬ 
ed his return Europe : the sense of his merits and my esteem and 
friendship for him, induce me to dedicate to him one of the yet un¬ 
described species of fishes which he collected. 
The fishes enumerated below were all taken in the sea at Bima. 
They naturally form but a small portion of the Ichthyological Fau¬ 
na of Sumbawa. As a first contribution to the knowledge of this 
Fauna what follows will not be without value. 
The species of the collection are 47 in number, and belong to 35 
genera and 19 families. They are as follows : 
Percoidei, ... * Lates nobilis C. Y. 
* Therapon servus C. V. 
Ambassis nalua C. Y. 
Apogon multitseniatus Ehr. C. V. ? 
„ melas Bike. 
* „ thermalis C. V. 
* Serranus crapao C. V. 
* „ pardalis Blkr. 
Mesoprion erythropterus C. V. ? 
