Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1839)

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 : 2249-2250

Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1839)

Irvine name. Callyodon hoefleri (Steindachner) . Irvine’s specimen 56, listed under

Callyodon (= Scarus ) hoefleri is a Sparisoma and appears to be Sparisoma rubripinne .

Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 56)— BMNH 1930.8 .26.60 (one: 173 mm SL); Accra, March 1935 (Irvine 302), specimen not found .

Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea and Cape Verde Islands. Also occurs in the tropical western Atlantic (Randall in Quéro et al., 1990: 883–887).

Irvine’s colour notes for Callyodon hoefleri (= Scarus hoefleri ) appear to fit S. rubripinne more closely: ‘The colour is mottled brown above and on the sides, and pinkish beneath. The anal fin is red, the pectoral fins orange-coloured, and the pelvics red’.