Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2257

Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866

Irvine name. Listed both under the name above and a second specimen (Irvine 65) as Scorpaena senegalensis Steindachner. The latter name is a junior synonym of S. laevis .

Reference material. Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 272)— BMNH 1938.12 .15.24 (one: 136.1 mm SL); Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 65)— BMNH 1930.8 .30.9 (one: 204 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Congo including the Cape Verde Islands. Also reported from the Azores and Madeira (Eschmeyer, 1969).