. Copeia. Ichthyology; Herpetology. New York, January 24, 1916. No. 26 o™ iji-^ i. Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates BORNEO PERIOPHTHALMUS. Travelling on the main branch of the delta of the Rejang River, northwest coast of Borneo, half way between the mouth of the river and the island of Sibu, which is at the beginning of the delta, July 17, 1912, at ten o'clock A. M., we reached the village of "Billitong" where we tied up to let the tide go down, which it did like a race-horse, while we slept. I pur- chased five cents worth of sugar at a Chinese store here
. Copeia. Ichthyology; Herpetology. New York, January 24, 1916. No. 26 o™ iji-^ i. Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates BORNEO PERIOPHTHALMUS. Travelling on the main branch of the delta of the Rejang River, northwest coast of Borneo, half way between the mouth of the river and the island of Sibu, which is at the beginning of the delta, July 17, 1912, at ten o'clock A. M., we reached the village of "Billitong" where we tied up to let the tide go down, which it did like a race-horse, while we slept. I pur- chased five cents worth of sugar at a Chinese store here and got some children to catch me nine or ten mudfishes or Periophthalmus at one cent each. The falling tide had exposed perhaps 60 feet of mud-flat at the edge of the river. At the shoreward part of the flat among logs and sticks there were many Periophthalmus. Some were on the logs, others on the mud, others more or less hidden in the mud or pools of water left by the tide. When pursued they would run over the surface of the mud, sometimes sinking in so as to impede their progress. The fishes were very agile and slippery and the boys, flounder- ing around in the mud, had great difficulty in catch- ing them in their hands. The fishes seemed to have no definite idea of seeking safety in the river. D. D. Streeter, Brooklyn, N. Y. [Mr. Streeter has presented to the American Museum of Natural History ten small gobioid fishes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. [New York, N. Y. , etc. ] : American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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