Pomadasys rogerii (Cuvier, 1830)

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 : 2242

Pomadasys rogerii (Cuvier, 1830)

Irvine name. Pomadasys jubelini (Cuvier and Valenciennes) . Misidentification.

Reference material. Accra, April (?) 1930 ( Irvine 48)— BMNH 1930.8 .26.30 (one: 150 mm SL); mouth of River Ancobra , January 1939 (Akpabla A 19 pt)— BMNH 2001.5 .2.21 (one: 123.2 mm SL); locality? (Irvine 195)— BMNH 2001.5 .2.22 (one: 218.7 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).

All the specimens listed by Irvine under P. jubelini , which could be located, appear to be P. rogerii . The latter species is stated to have about 55 lateral-line scales whereas P. jubelini is reported to have about 45 (Roux, 1981). This character and the arrangement of chin pores (a pair of small pores preceding a larger median one) place the specimens in P. rogerii rather than P. jubelini .