NO. 2294. FISHES FROM WEST AFRICA— FOWLER. 231 



brownish; spinous dorsal dusky; soft dorsal with median deep brown 

 longitudinal streak or two median parallel longitudinal streaks, and 

 some scattered deep brown spots along base. Front part of soft 

 anal, behind enlarged spine, dusted with deep brown. Caudal and 

 pectoral dull brown, and ventral slightly yellowish. Two examples, 

 268 to 273 mm. 



GALEOiDES DECADACTYLUS (Bloch). 



Head, 2| to 3i; depth, 2| to 3^-; D. VIII— I, i, 13; A. Ill, 11; 

 pectoral filaments, 9; scales, 43 to 45 in lateral line to caudal base 

 and 6 more on latter; 6 scales above lateral line, 8 or 9 below: snout, 

 4f to 5^ in head; eye, 3^ to 4|; maxillary, 2| to 2|; interorbital, 

 31 to 3f; rakers, 9 to 13 + 15 to 22. Scales finely ciliated, each 

 with two basal radii and circuli fine. Four examples, 209 to 229 mm., 

 of which two from Ashantee (p. 258). 



LAGOCEPHALUS LAEVIGATUS (Linnaeus). 



Two young, from latitude 2° 33' 22" S.; longitude, 23° 57' 15" W 



CEPHALACANTHUS VOLITANS (Linnaeus). 



Seven very young, 25 to 60 mm., from same locality as the last. 

 They are quite variable, and though the spines on the head all well 

 developed, in largest but little shorter than head and not quite 

 reaching far back as pectoral tip, in smallest twice length of pectoral 

 and reaches half way to caudal base. Eye also greater than post- 

 orbital in smallest. Compared and found to agree with other young 



Atlantic examples. 



5. Liberia. 



Besides the material in the United States National Museum are 

 two small collections in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia. The latter are of interest historically, apparently the first 

 fishes ever collected in Liberia, and though several have been men- 

 tioned in scattered papers, the collections as a whole have never 

 been examined and reported. The first of these comprise seven 

 species Dr. S. M. E. Goheen gathered at Monrovia, and received at 

 the Academy in the early forties. The other was made by the 

 Rev. Thomas S. Savage at Cape Palmas, and donated to the Academy 

 in 1847. The National Museum material includes the fishes obtained 

 by O. F. Cook and G. N. Collins, at Mount Coffee, Monrovia, and 

 that from the St. Pauls River at the same locality by Rolla P. Currie. 

 In order to distinguish the various collections and their localities, 

 the following letters indicate: G. (Goheen), S. (Savage), C. C. (Cook 

 and Collins), and C. (Currie). 



Concerning the literature several extensive papers have been con- 

 tributed by Stein dachner,^ Hubrecht,' and Biittikofer.^ 



1 Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. 55, 1857, pp. 517-526.— Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, 1894, pp. 1-96, pis. 1-4. 

 « Idem, vol. 3, 1881, pp. 61-71. 



s Reisebilder aus Liberia, vol. 2, Die Bowohner Liberia's — Thierwelt Leyden, 1890, 510 Pi> (Fishes pp., 

 <47-4.53). 



