FRESH-WATER FISHES OF LIBERIA—SCHULTZ 347 
Genus BATHYGOBIUS Bleeker 
Bathygobius BLEEKER, Arch. Neerl. Sci., vol. 18, p. 54, 1878. (Type: Gobius petro- 
philus Bleeker.) 
BATHYGOBIUS SOPORATOR (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 
Gobius soporator CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 22, p. 56, 1837. 
Mapo soporator (Valenciennes), FowLer, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 56, p. 248, 
1919 (Mount Coffee, Monrovia). 
O. F. Cook and G. N. Collins collected 1 specimen, U.S.N.M. No. 
48491, at Mt. Coffee, Monrovia. 
Genus GOBIUS Linnaeus 
Gobius LinNAEuS, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 262, 1758. (Type: Gobius niger 
Linnaeus. ) 
GOBIUS GUINEENSIS Peters 
Gobius aeneofuscus var. guineensis PETERS, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, 
p. 248. 
Gobius (Chonophorus) tajasica LICHENSTEIN, in Steindachner, Notes Leyden Mus., 
vol. 16, p. 25, 1894 (DuQueah River, at Hill Town ; Fischermann See, Liberia). 
The following collections have been examined : 
U.S.N.M. No. 118794, 2 specimens, 57 to 82 mm., Bendaja, Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118795, 2 specimens, 110 to 117 mm., Bellyella, Wm. M. Mann. 
U.S.N.M. No. 118796, 10 specimens, 39 to 145 mm., Harbel, Wm. M. Mann. 
M.C.Z., 1 specimen, 142 mm., Pea’htah, St. Pauls River, D. H. and G. M. Linden. 
Family ELEOTRIDAE 
KEY TO THE ELEOTRIDS FROM LIBERIA 
la. Seales about 50; anal usually I, 8. Dorsal VI-1, 8; no black bar across base 
of caudal fin; the latter barred however; streaks radiate from under eye. 
Hleotris vittata Duméril 
1b. Scales 32 to 34; anal I, 6 or I, 7; dorsal VI-I, 8. A black bar across base 
Of ca dal fine sees ee ee eee Eleotris kribensis Boulenger 
Genus ELEOTRIS Bloch 
Eleotris BuiocH, in Schneider, Systema Ichthy., p. 65, 1801. (Type: Gobius 
pisonis Gmelin.) 
ELEOTRIS VITTATA Duméril 
Eleotris vittata DumMért, Arch. Mus., vol. 10, p. 249, pl. 21, fig. 4, 1860.— 
STEINDACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 27, 1894 (DuQueah River, 
Liberia ).—BouLrenceEr, Cat. fresh-water fishes Africa, vol. 4, p. 18, fig. 12, 
1916 (Grand Cape Mt., River, Liberia, and Nanna Kru, Liberia). 
“Hileotris (Culius) pisonis sp. L. Gmel. (Hleotris gyrinus C. V., Gthr.)” STEIN- 
DACHNER, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 16, p. 27, 1894 (DuQueah River at Hill 
Town, Liberia.) 
