Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795)

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 : 2231

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Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795)
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Lycodontis afer (Bloch, 1795)

Irvine name. Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau) . Misidentification.

Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 15)— BMNH 1930.3 .24.6 (one: 618 mm TL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 320)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.9 (one: approx. 753 mm TL) .

Distribution. Found off the coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola and at the Cape Verde Islands (Blache, 1967c).