FRESH-WATER FISHES OF LIBERIA—-SCHULTZ 335 
4a. Six or seven black color bars mostly below lateral line. 
5a. Seven vertical blackish bars, more intense ventrally, the first on 
rear of head; second under pectoral fin; third close before pelvic 
base; fourth through anus; fifth through middle of base of anal 
fin at about 9th to 11th rays; sixth on caudal peduncle just 
behind dorsal fin base; and last at base of caudal fin rays; 
blackish under eye, and sides of lower jaw and lips; dorsal rays 
usually 10; anal 16 or 17; pectoral 16; scales 28 or 29. 
Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill 
5b. Six vertical black bars on each side, first on the gill-cover ; second 
under pectoral (none at base of pelvics) one through anus; 
one through middle of the anal fin; the fifth behind base of 
dorsal on caudal peduncle; and last at base of caudal fin; only 
last one or two extending to upper part of body. Color.— 
Somewhat reddish, males said to have red chins. Anal rays 
15 or 16, dorsal rays usually 10; scales 25 to 27; depth about 
4 in standard length, 5 in total length. 
Epiplatys chaperi (Sauvage) 
4b. Color not as in 4a. 
6a. Dorsal rays 7 to 9. 
Ta. Anal 13 or 14; scales 26 or 27; depth 3 or 4 in total length and 
head 314 to 3%4; eye equals postorbital part of head and % 
interorbital space; male with numerous more or less distinct 
VEruiGall Danses eeeoninnees Epiplatys spilauchen (A. Duméril) 
7b. Anal 16 or 17; scales 27 to 29; pectoral rays about 16; origin of 
dorsal over the 11th or 12th anal ray; gill rakers on lower 
half of first arch 9 to 11; length of pelvics equal to distance 
from front of eye to rear of head; depth of caudal peduncle 
is 14 in its length measured from base of last anal rays to base 
of middle ray of caudal fin; caudal fin pointed, the middle 
rays 114 times head; snout equals postorbital part of head 
and interorbital space; eye 1144 in snout and 1% in inter- 
orbital space; brownish band along lower sides from eye to 
caudal fin base, ventrally yellowish, above band a narrow paie 
streak. the upper sides and back brownish; each scale on mid- 
dle and upper sides with a scarlet narrow crescent-shaped 
spot; fins dusky; dorsal with reddish spots; under side of 
lower lip reddish; base of anal blackish. 
Epiplatys bifasciatus (Steindachner) 
66. Dorsal rays 11 to 18; anal 16 to 18; pectoral 17 or 18; seales 28 or 29; 
origin of dorsal over 7th to 9th anal rays; about 10 or 11 gill rakers on 
lower half of first arch; eye 114 in interorbital and 1% in snout; snout 
114 in interorbital and 114 in postorbital part of head; depth 514 in 
COAT en gb ed Oe ee ae Epiplatys fasciolatus (Giinther) 
Genus APHYOSEMION Myers 
Aphyosemion Myers, Amer. Mus. Nov. No. 116, p. 2, 1924. (Type: Aphyosemion 
castaneum Myers.) 
APHYOSEMION LIBERIENSIS (Boulenger) 
Haplochilus liberiensis BouLENGER, Ann. Mag. Nat Hist., ser. 8, vol. 2, p. 30, 1908 
(Monrovia, 2 female types).—BovuLrencer, Cat. fresh-water fishes Africa, vol. 
3, p. 48, fig. 35, 1915 (Monrovia) .—PELLEcRIN, Poiss. eaux douces Afr. Occid., 
p. 229, 1923 (Monrovia). 
