Liberia <^ 



LIST OK KNOWN FISH FOUND IN THE RIVERS OR OFF THE 

 SEA COASTS OF LIBERIA 



Note. — The really indigenous fish frequenting the fresh-water rivers antl 

 marshes or the brackish estuaries and lagoons of Liberia, have their names 

 printed in heavy type : the names in Italics indicate sea fish only. 



CarchariiD/E (Sharks — Marine and Estuarine) 

 Carcliarias sp. 



Trygoniu^-: (Whip-Rays— Marine) 

 Tr}igon margarita. 



Polypterid^ (Fresh-water only) 

 Polypterus palmas. 



AlbuliD/E (Marine) 

 Albula conorhynchus. 



MORMYRID^ (Fresh-water) 

 Mormyrops deliciosus. 

 M. breviceps. 

 Petrocephalus simus. 

 Gnathonemus mento. 

 G. ussheri. 

 Isichthys heuryi. 



NOTOPTERID^ (Fresh-water) 

 Notopterus afer. 

 Xenomystus nigri. 



Clupeid^ (Herrings, etc. — Marine) 

 Pellonula vorax. 

 Clupea viaderensis. 



CharaciniD/*; (Fresh-water) 

 Alestes macrolepidotus. 

 A. nurse. 

 A. longipinnis. 

 Hydrocyon forskalii. 

 Sarcodaces odoe. 

 Neolebias unifasciatus. 



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