Batrachoides liberiensis (Steindachner, 1867)

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 : 2261

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930210138359

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5262963

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scientific name

Batrachoides liberiensis (Steindachner, 1867)
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Reference material. Accra, June 1930 (Irvine 102)— BMNH 1930.8 .30.11 (1 specimen: 173 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to northern Angola (Roux, 1971; Collette and Russo, 1981).

Irvine correctly noted that B. beninensis Regan, 1915 is a junior synonym (Collette and Russo, 1981).