HEMICHROMIS FASCIATUS. Ill 



NOTE XVI. 

 REMARKS ON HEMICHROMIS FASCIATUS PETERS 



BY 



Dr. C. L. REÜVENS. 



Among a collection of fishes, sent by Mr. Jackson De- 

 mery from Liberia , were 1 1 examples which , at first sight, 

 seemed to me to agree Mviih Hemichromis fasciatus Peters. A 

 careful examination led me to give some remarks on the 

 characters of this species, which will make the determi- 

 nation more easy, and contribute to resolve the question: 

 do the examples of Hemichromis fasciatus, till now des- 

 cribed by the authors, belong to one and the same well- 

 defined species. 



The material of Hemichromis fasciatus now in the Ley- 

 den Museum , including the 1 1 above mentioned specimens , 

 consists of a number of 28 examples , namely : 



a. N°. 2278. 3 spec, length 80, 115 and 125 mM. Dabo- 



crom. Pel coll., 1850. 



b. N°. 2019. 1 spec, length 140 mM. Ashantee. Pel coll. 



c. N°. 2277. 1 spec, length 177 mM. Gold Coast. Pel coll. 



d. N°. 5224. 10 spec, length 55—83 mM. Robertsport, 



Grand Cape Mount River, Liberia. Demery 

 coll., July 1st, 1891. 



e. N°. 5230. 1 spec, length 75 mM. Hill Town , Du Queah 



River, Liberia. Büttikofer and Stampfli coll., 

 1887. 

 ƒ. N°. 5225. 4 spec, length 70—165 mM. Sofore Place, 



Notes from the Ley den JMuseum, "Vol. XVII. 



