Pseudotolithus (Pseudotolithus) typus Bleeker, 1863

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 : 2243

Pseudotolithus (Pseudotolithus) typus Bleeker, 1863

Irvine name. Not listed but the specimen (Irvine 259) is referred to in notes to the previous species as follows: ‘A specimen from Accra, taken in May 1938 (Irvine 259), was identified at the British Museum as Cynoscion nebulosus (C. & V.). It is doubtful, however, whether this American species occurs in West Africa, and the specimen in question probably belonged either to this species [ Cynoscion senegalla (Cuvier) , valid as Pseudotolithus senegalla: Sasaki (1993) ] or to the succeeding one [ Cynoscion macrognathus (Bleeker) , a junior synonym of P. senegalensis ]’. Irvine was right in rejecting the British Museum identification but wrong in linking it to either of the other two species.

Reference material. Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 259)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.42 (one: 201 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola (scarce north of Cape Verde).