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Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831)

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 : 2260-2261

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 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930210138359

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scientific name

 Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831)
status

 

Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831) View in CoL

Irvine name. Recorded both by the name above and as Tetraodon pustulatus Murray (a riverine species; S: BMNH 1866.6.14.5–6). The latter is a misidentification.

Reference material. Accra (Irvine 131)— BMNH 1932.2 .27.27 (one: 114 mm SL); Accra, November 1938 (Irvine 354)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.40 (one: 74.1 mm SL; listed under Tetraodon pustulatus ) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola, including offshore islands: entering estuaries (Quéro et al., 1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Tetraodontiformes

Family

Tetraodontidae

Genus

Ephippion

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