FRESH-WATER FISHES OF LIBERIA—SCHULTZ 331 
Genus MALAPTERURUS Lacepéde 
Malapterurus LacrepEpr, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, p. 90, 1803. (Type: Malapterurus 
electricus Lacepéde. ) 
MALAPTERURUS ELECTRICUS (Gmelin) 
Silurus electricus GMELIN, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, p. 1351, 1789.—Husrecut, Notes 
Leyden Mus., vol. 3, p. 69, 1881 (St. Pauls River).—BirriKorer, Reisebilder 
aus Liberia, vol. 2, p. 447, 1890 (Liberia) —SreINDACHNER, Notes Leyden 
Mus., vol. 16, p. 62, 1894 (St, Pauls River at Soforeh Place and Grand Cape 
Mt.).—Fow ter, Prec. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 56, p. 234, 1919 (Mt. Coffee near 
Monrovia). 
The following specimens have been examined : 
U.S.N.M. No. 44829, 1 specimen, Liberia, O. F. Cook. 
U.S.N.M. Nos. 48492, 48493, 2 specimens, St. Pauls River, Mount Coffee, Rolla 
P. Currie. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118776, 2 specimens, 36 to 77 mm., Harbel, W. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118777, 8 specimens, 59 to 153 mm., Bendaja, W. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118778, 4 specimens, 82 to 130 mm., Bromley, W. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118779, 5 specimens, 75 to 100 mm., Gibi Mountain, W. M. Mann. 
M.C.Z., 1 specimen, 170 mm., St. Pauls River, Pea’htah and vicinity, October 
1926, D. H. and G. M. Linden. 
Genus EUTROPIUS Miiller and Troschel 
Eutropius MULLER and TroscHEL, Horae Zool. Beschreibung und Abbild. neuer 
Fische, vol. 3, p. 6, 1849. (Type: Hypophthalmus niloticus Riippell.) 
EUTROPIUS NILOTICUS (Riippell) 
Hypophthalmus niloticus RUPPELL, Beschr. neuer Fische Nil, p. 6, pl. 1, fig. 1, 
1829.—HupsREcHT, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 3, p. 69, 1881 (St. Pauls River). 
Eutropius altipinnis STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 57, 1894 (St. 
Pauls River at Soforeh Place). 
EUTROPIUS LIBERIENSIS Hubrecht 
Eutropius liberiensis Husrecut, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. 3, p. 69, 1881 (St. Pauls 
River, Liberia ).—STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 59, 1894 
(St. Pauls River).—Bouencrr, Cat. fresh-water fishes Africa, vol. 2, p. 
287, 1911 (Liberia). 
EUTROPIUS MANDIBULARIS Giinther 
Eutropius mandibularis GUNTHER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 20, p. 112, 
1867.--STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 57, 1894 (Farmington 
River, Liberia).—BOouLENGER, Cat. fresh-water fishes Africa, vol. 2, p. 290, 
1911 (Farmington River, Liberia). 
Genus CHRYSICHTHYS Bleeker 
Chrysichthys BLEEKER, De visschen van den Indischen Archipel. I. Siluri, p. 
60, 1858. (Type: Pimelodus auratus Geoffroy St. Hilaire. ) 
