Liberia 



LIST OF KNOWN FISH FOUND IN THE RIVERS OR OFF THE 

 SEA COASTS OF LIBERIA 



Note. — The really indigenous fish frequenting the fresh-water rivers and 

 marshes or the brackish estuaries and lagoons of Liberia, have their names 

 printed in heavy type: the names in Italics indicate sea fish only. 



CarchakiiD/K (Sharks — Marine and Estuarine) 

 CarcJiarias sp. 



Trygonid.E (Whip-Rays — Marine) 

 Tiygon uiargixi-ita. 



POLYI'TERID/E (Fresh-water only) 

 Polypterus palmas. 



Ali!ULID.k (Marine) 

 A lb Ilia coiiorhyiichiis. 



MORMVRID/E (Fresh-water) 

 Mormyrops deliciosus. 

 M. breviceps. 

 Petrocephalus simus. 

 Gnathonemus mento. 

 G. ussheri. 

 Isichthys henry i. 



NOTOPTERID.E (Fresh-water) 

 Notopterus afer. 



Xenomystus nigri. 



ClupeiD/E (Herrings, etc.— Marine) 

 Pcllomila vorax. 

 Clnpca iiiixdcrt'iisis. 



Characinid.E (Fresh-water) 

 Alestes macrolepidotus. 

 A. nurse. 

 A. longipinnis. 

 Hydrocyon forskalii. 

 Sarcodaces odoe. 

 Neolebias unifasciatus. 



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