Pseudotolithus (Fonticulus) elongatus (Bowdich, 1825)
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930210138359 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC590B-0949-C12E-3D9B-FF28FCB428CE |
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Pseudotolithus (Fonticulus) elongatus (Bowdich, 1825) |
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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.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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