| Location | Date | Species | Coordinates | Sources |
| Sandaru (Kono d. (Kailahun d.)) | <Feb. 1932 | Archia. guineense, Epiplatys f. josinae ? | 8°24' N; 10°43' W | 1,2,3 |
| Meli River (Kono d.) | <Feb. 1932 | Archia. guineense, Poropanchax normani ? | 1,2 | |
| Bagbwe River (Bagbe R. ?) (Koin. d.) | <Feb. 1932 | Archia. guineense | 1,2,3 | |
| Headwaters of Bagbwe River (Koin.d.)2 | <Feb. 1932 | no Killies | 9°13' N; 10°41' W | 2 |
| Kankordu (Kainkordu ?) (Kono d.)2 | <Feb. 1932 | no Killies | 8°37' N; 10°44' W | 2 |
Remarks : -"The fishes of this collection were caught for me by
natives, mostly by the women with their nets, in the small streams of the
high interior or north-eastern part of Sierra Leone. They were doubtless
generally not even from the rivers themselves whose names I put on the labels
and Mr. Norman has put in the list, but from smaller streams tributary to
them. ...The species of Haplochilus are still smaller fish, seldom
over two inches long, and very abundant in small streams. They have heads
flattend vertically, or depressed, in the contrary way to their compressed
bodies, and are gaily ornamented with coloured bars, and coloured fins.
..."1
Haplochilus fasciolatus 4 specimens
Haplochilus
cameronensis 35 specimens
Haplochilus hutereaui 1
specimen1
Notes !: In the original lists Epiplatys f. josinae ? was listed
as Haplochilus fasciolatus, Archia. guineense as Haplochilus
cameronensis (Scheel det.)3, and Poropanchax normani
? as Haplochilus hutereaui
The two river locations
(Bagbwe R. and Meli R.) wasn't located precisely (the collection possibly
came from a lot of different localities along these rivers), but the asumed
localities would be close to the Guinean border, based on the location of
the other collection sites. The Bagbe River (Bagbwe) headwater is at approx.
9°13' N; 10°41' W and from here the river flows straight west to
approx. 9°15' N; 11°19' W where it runs straight south out of the
Koinadougu district, Scheel gives a latitude and longitude to 8-9° N;
12° W ?3. The Meli River which makes the border to Guinea,
runs south from approx. 9°0' N; 10°3' W to approx 8°15' N; 11°4'
W
Literature:
| *1. Bates, G.L.: | -"Notes on freshwater fishes collected in Koinadugu and Kono districts." |
| Sierra Leone Studies no.17: p.26-28, Feb, 1932 (GUI). | |
| *2. Norman, J.R.: | -"A Collection of Fishes from Sierra Leone." |
| Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 10, Vol. 10, p.180-185, 1932. (GUI). | |
| *3. Scheel, J.J.: | -"Rivulins of the Old World." |
| Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publication, New Jersey. 480 pp., 1968. |
Updated 04.11.2002