FRESH-WATER FISHES OF LIBERIA—SCHULTZ 341 
9b. Dorsal rays XVI, 13; anal III, 9; gill rakers 44-13 or 14; scales 29 
to 31; 3% above and 8 below lateral line; 3 or 4 rows of scales 
across the cheek; width of naked area 3 times in postorbital part 
of head; postorbital part of head 1.2 in least depth of caudal pe- 
duncle ; the latter equal to length of caudal peduncle; 10 scales in 
lower lateral line; the latter contained 1.5 times in the head ; depth 
of body 21% in standard length. Color.—Consisting of 9 bars 
and a blackish lateral band; dorsal mottled with pale, and a 
blackish blotch near front base of soft dorsal; a blackish opercular 
| 8) ay ee) cere ve SI I a ee Tilapia savagei Fowler 
Genus HEMICHROMIS Peters 
Hemichromis Prtrers, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1857, p. 403. (Type: 
H. fasciatus.) 
HEMICHROMIS BIMACULATUS Gill 
Hemichromis biamaculatus Git, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 187.— 
STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. 16, p. 49, 1894 (Junk, Sulymak, and 
Duqueah Rivers; Fischermann See).—Fowter, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 
56, p. 246, 1919 (St. Pauls River and Mount Coffee, Liberia).—NIcHOoLs and 
LAMonts, Amer. Mus. Nov. No. 626, p. 2, 1933 (Kaleata, Liberia). 
The following specimens have been examined: 
U.S.N.M. No. 48489, 1 specimen, Mount Coffee, Monrovia, O. F'. Cook and 
G. N. Collins. 
U.S.N.M. No. 48506, 4 specimens, from a creek, St. Pauls River, Mount Coffee, 
Rolla P. Currie. 
U.S.N.M. No. 48507, 2 specimens, from a creek, St. Pauls River, Mount Coffee, 
Rolla P. Currie. 
U.S.N.M. No. 40508, 3 specimens, from a creek, St. Pauls River, Mount Coffee, 
Rolla P. Currie. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118832, 36 specimens, 39 to 87 mm., Bromley. Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118833, 7 specimens, 30 to 84 mm., Bendaja, Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118834, 25 specimens, 25 to 98 mm., Harbel, Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118835, 64 specimens, 19 to 91 mm., Gibi Mountain, Wm. M. 
Mann. 
M.C.Z., 11 specimens, 20 to 65 mm., Du River, G. M. Allen. 
HEMICHROMIS FASCIATUS Peters 
Hemichromis fasciatus Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1857, p. 403.— 
HuprecHt, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 3, p. 68, 1881 (St. Pauls River).— 
STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 47, 1894 (Junk and St. Pauls 
Rivers).—BoutEencerr, Cat. fresh-water fishes Africa. vol. 8, p. 428, fig. 
293, 1915 (Nanna Kru, Liberia).—Fowterr, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 56, p. 
246, 1919 (St. Pauls River).—NicHoLts and LAMontr, Amer. Mus. Nov. No. 
626, p. 2, 1983 (Kaleata, Liberia). 
The following specimens have been examined: 
U.S.N.M. No. 48509, 1 specimen, St. Pauls River, Rolla P. Currie. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118826, 1 specimen, 48 mm., Gibi Mountain, Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118828, 4 specimens, 51 to 110 mm., Bellyella, Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118829, 107 specimens, 16 to 127 mm., Bendaja, Wm. M. Mann. 
