Pseudotolithus (Fonticulus) elongatus (Bowdich, 1825)

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 : 2244

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930210138359

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scientific name

Pseudotolithus (Fonticulus) elongatus (Bowdich, 1825)
status

 

Pseudotolithus (Fonticulus) elongatus (Bowdich, 1825) View in CoL

Irvine name. Sciaena nigrita (Cuvier and Valenciennes) . A junior synonym.

Reference material. Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 123)— BMNH 1932.2 .27.8 (one: 270 mm SL); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 261); Labadi, January 1936 (A. P. Brown 5) .

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

On average about 10 500 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year, making it an important fishery species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Sciaenidae

Genus

Pseudotolithus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Sciaenidae

Genus

Sciaena

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