FRESH-WATER FISHES OF LIBERIA—SCHULTZ Bai, 
Color plain, with a narrow black line along midaxis; upper part of 
head blackish, fins dusky, the last rays of dorsal and anal fins elongate ; 
caudal fin a little rounded; interorbital space bony and rather wide; 
snout short, the lower lip somewhat curved over tip of snout; teeth 
in jaws in two or three rows, the outer ones enlarged; probably no 
teeth on vomer; the membrane of upper lip joins the lower lip at 
the lateral posterior angle of the lower jaw which is on the same gen- 
eral level as front of lower lip and not below it, as in A plocheilus. 
This new subspecies of Alicropanchawx differs from M. macrurus 
macrurus in having 22 or 23 scales and 10 or 11 anal rays instead of 24 
to 27 and 12 to 14, respectively. The small number of pectoral rays 
10 or 11 appears to be an outstanding difference when compared with 
other cyprinodonts from West Africa. Unfortunately the pectoral 
rays of several species are not recorded but the usual number appears 
to be 15 to 18. 
Named in honor of Dr. William M. Mann, director of the National 
Zoological Park, collector of the subspecies. 
Genus EPIPLATYS Gill 
Epiplatys Gitt, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 136. (Type: Epi- 
platys sexfasciatus Gill.) 
EPIPLATYS SEXFASCIATUS Gill 
EHpiplatys sexfasciatus Giri, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 136. 
Haplochilus infrafasciatus STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol, 16, p. 76, 
1894 (Junk River, Liberia).—Boutencrr, Cat. fresh-water fishes Africa, 
vol. 3, p. 54, fig. 40, 1915 (Nanna Kru, Liberia).—PELLEGRIN, Poiss. eaux 
douces Afr. Occid., p. 231, 1928 (Liberia to Congo). 
EPIPLATYS SPILAUCHEN (Duméril) 
Poecilia spilauchena Dumérit, Arch. Mus., vol. 10, p. 258, pl. 22, fig. 6, 1859. 
Haplochilus spilauchen STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 75, 1894 
(Robertsport, Liberia). 
EPIPLATYS BIFASCIATUS (Steindachner) 
Haplochilus bifasciatus STEINDACHNER, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 83, pt. 1, 
p. 199, 1881. 
Dr. Mann collected the following specimens: 
U.S.N.M. No. 118848, 22 specimens, 30 to 43 mm., Harbel. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118849, 7 specimens, 38 to 46 mm., Bromley. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118850, 8 specimens, 26 to 40 mm., Bendaja. 
EPIPLATYS FASCIOLATUS (Giinther) 
Haplochilus fasciolatus GUNTHER, Cat. fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 6, p. 358, 1866 (types 
a-e, Sierra Leone).—NicHoLs and LAMontr, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 626, p .2, 
1933 (Kaleata, Liberia). 
Aplocheilus spilauchen Fowtrr, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 56, p. 241, 1919 (St. 
Pauls River). 
