Arius latiscutatus Günther, 1864

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

Arius latiscutatus Günther, 1864

Reference material. Accra, December 1929 (Irvine 5); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 340)— BMNH 1944.2 .9.8 (one: 255 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa, from northern Senegal to the Congo and Angola; often entering rivers (Taylor in Quéro et al., 1990: 230–234).

Irvine also collected the freshwater Arius gigas Boulenger, 1911 (Atimpoku, River Volta, May (Irvine 233)— BMNH 1969.3 .17.8 (one: 185 mm SL).