Excerpt from The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, Vol. 4: Heteromi, Solenichthyes, Synentognathi, Percesoces, Labyrinthici, Microcyprini; With 103 Illustrations The present volume is the fourth of the series of volumes devoted to the knowledge of the fishes of the indo-australian Archipelago and the third in which we endeavour to give a concise description of all the fishes at present known to inhabit the seas and freshwater of that Archipelago and also to show their distribution through this area. We have already defined the character and geographical limits of this area in the Introduction to the second volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.