Brachydeuterus auritus Valenciennes, 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 : 2242

Brachydeuterus auritus Valenciennes, 1831

Reference material. Locality? (Irvine 52)— BMNH 1930.8.26.36–38 (four: 54.2–90.9 mm SL); Prampram, May 1930 (Irvine 93)— BMNH 1930.8.26.39–40 (two: 115.2, 129.4 mm SL); locality? (Irvine 157)— BMNH 1934.10.10.13–14 (two: 123.3, 139.4 mm SL) .

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

On average about 23 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.