228 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.36. 



new species from the last-named region/ Papers relative to Liberia 

 are mentioned further on. 



ALBULA VULPES (Linnaeus). 



Head, 3| to 3§; depth, 4| to .5; D. in, 14, i; A. in, 6, i: scales 

 68 to 71 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 more on latter; 9 scales 

 above lateral line, 6 below; 27 or 28 predorsal; snout, 2f to 2* in 

 head; eye, 4f to ^•, maxillary, 2i^ to 3-iV; interorbital, 2^ to 3; rakers, 

 9 or 10 + 10. Two examples, 324 to 329 mm. Compared with 

 Atlantic specimens from Panama the scales are indistinguishable. 



ETHMALOSA DOKSALIS (Valenciennes). 



Two examples. 



GALEICHTHYS LATISCUTATUS (Giinther). 



Two examples, 241 and 281 mm. The larger example differs 

 in the adipose fin about half si;.e of smaller example. Hakers, 



4 + 9. Maxillary barbel extends but very httle beyond pectoral 

 origin, outer mental barbel three-fourths of space to same. De- 

 pressed dorsal If to adipose iin. Upper caudal lobe longer. 



The smaller example has the adipose fin 2| in head. Rakers, 



5 + 8. Depressed dorsal 3 to adipose Iin. In both the patches 

 of vomerine-pterygoid teeth resemble those figured by Giinther * 

 under Arius parkii rather than as indicated by Boulenger.^ 



SERIOLA FASCIATA (Bloch). 



Head, 2| to 3 ; depth, 2| to 3 ; D. VH or VHI I, 29 to 32 ; A. H-I, 

 18 to 21; snout, 3 to 3f in head; eye, 3| to 4J; maxillary, 2J to 2J; 

 interorbital, 3 to 3|. 



Body fusiform, well compressed, deepest at soft dorsal origin. 

 Head width, 2 to 2| in its length. Snout convex, about long as 

 wide. Eye rather lai*ge, advanced, hmd edge about midway in head 

 length. Mouth large, jaws about even. Maxillary to pupil, ex- 

 pansion 1§ to 2 in eye. Teeth in villiform bands in jaws, on vomer 

 and palatines. Nostrils together, midway in snout. Interorbital 

 convex, with median keel to spmous dorsal. Rakers about 6 + 15, 

 lanceolate, long as filaments and latter If in eye. Scales minute, 

 cycloid, v/ith 4 to 8 basal striae and cu-cuh rather coarse. Cheek v.'ith 

 row of 12 to 14 scales. Lateral line v/eU arched, curve H to 1| in 

 straight portion. Spinous dorsal inserted Httle behmd pectoral 

 origm; fourth spme, 4 to 4^ in head. Soft dorsal inserted midway 

 betw^een snout tip and caudal base; fu^t branched ray, 1^ to 2 in 

 head, iinal hke soft dorsal, only shorter; neither fui lobate in front 

 and first branched ray 2| to 3 in head. Caudal well forked, U m 

 head; pectoral, 1-| to 1|; ventral, H to If. 



I Bull. Soc. Zool., France, 1913, pp. 236-241. 



* Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 5, 1864, p. 155. 



3 Cat. Fresh-Water FUh. Africa 'v"!. 2, 1911, p. SS."?, fig. 297. 



