taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FC590B096DC1033E6FF9BDFD552BE6.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra (Irvine 155) — BMNH 1934.10.10.1 (one: 680 mm TL, 444 mm precaudal length). Distribution. All tropical seas (Compagno, 1984). FAMILY / Species Reference material	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B096DC1033E6FF9BDFD552BE6.taxon	description	CARCHARHINIDAE Sphyrna zygaena August 1938 (Irvine No specimens were found which (Linnaeus, 1758). 295). Irvine also noted known from Morocco to Senegal that a 210 cm male (Compagno, 1984) and Ghana, specimen was seen at S. mokarran, both of which are Accra in May 1938. 120 tonnes of hammerheads are 2000). The main fishery species is Sphyrna tudes Tema, December 1935 Doubtful record. S. tudes is a (Valenciennes, 1822). (Irvine 298, p. p. M. J. although there is a doubtful record Probably a Field). Compagno, 1984). No specimens misidentification of suggest that he may have collected Sphyrna couardi Senegal to Congo (Compagno, Cadenat, 1950. SQUATINIDAE Squatina oculata Skin at Achimota (from No specimen available to examine Bonaparte, 1840. Christiansborg), August Morocco to Angola (Krefft, 1968 1938 (Irvine). PRISTIDAE Pristis microdon No specimens, but The ‘ saws’ should have allowed Latham, 1794. Listed as ‘ saws’ at Achimota. to Angola: sometimes enters rivers Pristis perotteti Müller Latham and P. pristis (Linnaeus) and Henle. A junior West Africa (see also Poll, 1951) synonym. ELOPIDAE Elops senegalensis Sekumu Lagoon, near No specimens found. Distribution Regan, 1909. Accra, November 1938 rivers (Quéro et al., 1990). (Irvine 383 pt). FAMILY / Species Reference material SYNGNATHIDAE? Hippocampus Labadi, January 1936 Specimens not found. We tentatively punctulatus Guichenot, (A. P. Brown 2); Accra, that H. deanei of Duméril is a junior 1853. Listed as September 1938 (Irvine deanei was a synonym of H. Hippocampus deani 345). The Labadi Distribution: in the eastern Atlantic Duméril. A junior specimen was caught in Verde Islands and islands of the synonym. a local bottom-net, and (Dawson in Quéro et al., 1990: 658 the one from Accra was taken over a mile from the shore in floating brown seaweeds. POMATOMIDAE Pomatomus saltatrix Prampram, September No specimen found. Distribution: (Linnaeus, 1766). 1938 (Irvine 326). Islands and Morocco southwards warm seas of the western Atlantic 721 – 722). On average about 2400 region each year (FAO, 2000). LUTJANIDAE Lutjanus dentatus Ningo Lagoon, May No specimens found. Distribution (Duméril, 1858). Listed 1930 (Irvine 91). (Allen, 1985). as Lutjanus eutactus Bleeker. A junior synonym (type locality: Ashantee). FAMILY / Species Reference material LABRIDAE Coris atlantica Prampram, June 1930 No specimens found. Distribution (Günther, 1862). Listed (Irvine 88); Prampram, the Cape Verde Islands to Congo as Coris julis July 1938 (Irvine 279). West African populations of Coris (Linnaeus). Probably a Mediterranean, Azores and European misidentification. PERCOPHIDAE Bembrops sp. Irvine reported a The specimen could not be located specimen 22 cm long Nelson (1996) reported four species (landed at Prampram caudimacula Steindachner, 1876, by fishermen who had cadenati Das and Nelson, 1996. taken their canoes out indicates that the West African of sight of land), which describing. The reported occurrence was sent to the caudimacula is surprising and needs BM (NH) by Miss V. J. Foote. TRICHIURIDAE Trichiurus lepturus Accra, January 1930 Specimen not found. Distribution Linnaeus, 1758. (Irvine 25). Elsewhere found in tropical and 1993). About 30 000 tonnes of this making it an important fishery GOBIIDAE Bathygobius soporator Ada, estuary of River No specimens found. Distribution (Valenciennes, 1837). Volta, November 1938 brackish water. In the eastern (Irvine 365); mouth of islands (Quéro et al., 1990). River Ancobra, January the region (Brito and Miller, 2001 1939 (Akpabla A 21). FAMILY / Species Comments GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE Ginglymostoma cirratum Irvine noted: ‘ This species has been recorded from (Bonnaterre, 1788). various parts of the West African coast, and almost certainly occurs off the coast of the Gold Coast [Ghana] ’ and so did not himself see this species. Distribution: in the tropical eastern Atlantic recorded from the Cape Verde Islands to Gabon. Also occurs in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific (Compagno, 1984). CHAETODONTIDAE Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, Doubtful record. C. striatus is a western Atlantic species 1758. which does not occur off West Africa (Allen, 1981). Irvine most likely was referring to Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860 as it is the most common butterflyfish in Ghana. Irvine noted that he did not collect C. striatus and his colour description (which is correct for C. striatus, but does not fit any of the three tropical West African butterflyfish) must have been taken from a book. The two other butterflyfishes which occur off Ghana are C. marcellae Poll, 1950 and C. hoefleri Steindachner, 1883. LABRIDAE Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, Irvine noted that this species had been recorded from the 1758). ‘ Guinea coast’ by Bleeker and from various parts of the coast of tropical West Africa and suggested that it would almost certainly be found eventually on the coast of Ghana. Distribution: Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Portugal southwards to Gabon (Quéro et al., 1990). XIPHIIDAE Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, Irvine had no doubt that this species was to be found off 1758. Ghana. He reported specimens up to 1.5 m in length having been caught at Prampram, and noted it was sometimes taken in seines near Kpone. He also noted that to the east of Accra, between the years 1934 and 1937, a swordfish was reported in the local papers to have transfixed a man through the head and killed him. On average about 4300 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000). Distribution: cosmopolitan in warm seas (Nakamura, 1985). Istiophorus albicans (Latreille, Specimens were seen by Irvine in 1936 (January), and at 1804). Listed as Istiophorus the same time three lorry loads, each fish estimated to be americanus Cuvier and about 1.5 m in length, were seen by Mr A. P. Brown at Valenciennes. A junior Labadi. Distribution: tropical and subtropical Atlantic synonym. (Nakamura, 1985). On average about 1100 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000). GOBIIDAE Porogobius schlegelii No specimens deposited by Irvine although he described (Günther, 1861). Listed as its coloration in some detail. He noted that the type of Acentrogobius schlegelii the species in the Leiden Museum [Nationaal (Günther). Natuurhistorisch Museum], Holland, came from Boutry, Ghana. Distribution: coast of tropical West Africa from Cape Verde Islands and Guinea-Bissau to Congo: entering rivers (Quéro et al., 1990). FAMILY / Species Comments Chonophorus lateristriga Irvine reported it as being seen in the River Tano and (Duméril, 1858). Listed as River Volta. Distribution: brackish and freshwaters; Awaous guineensis (Peters). A lagoons, estuaries from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., junior synonym. 1990). MUGILIDAE Liza ramada (Risso, 1826). Doubtful record. Irvine noted: ‘ This species has not been Listed as Mugil capito Cuvier. collected, and may not actually occur in Ghana, but A junior synonym. young specimens recorded by Fowler [Fowler, 1919: 251] from Ashanti as Liza ramada (Risso) may belong here’. Distribution: Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Scandinavia to Cape Verde: entering freshwater (Quéro et al., 1990). Unlikely to occur in Ghana. Liza grandisquamis Irvine noted that ‘ This species was not collected, but (Valenciennes, 1836). Listed Bleeker [Bleeker, 1863: 92, as Mugil schlegeli] and Fowler as Mugil grandisquamis Cuvier [Fowler, 1919: 253] have both recorded specimens from and Valenciennes. ‘‘ Ashanti’ ’. ’ Distribution: coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon: entering rivers (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0964C1033E2EFA3DFD442FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, July to August 1938 (Irvine 294) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.1 (one: 556 mm precaudal length); Accra, August 1938 (Irvine) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.10 (one: 222 mm precaudal length). Distribution. Recorded in the eastern Atlantic from the British Isles to South Africa and the Mediterranean (Compagno, 1984). On average about 180 tonnes of Mustelus spp. are recorded as being caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0964C1033E43FCC2FBCC2D97.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1929 (Irvine 14) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.1 (one: 440 mm precaudal length); Accra, 1935 (Irvine 297); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 322) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.1 (one: 610 mm precaudal length); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 337). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic recorded from Madeira and Mauritania to Angola. Also found in the Indo-West Pacific from South Africa and the Red Sea eastwards to Japan and Australia (Krefft, 1968; Compagno, 1984).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0967C1003E5CFBD7FB792C63.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, 1930 (Irvine 10), (Irvine 32) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.2 (H       : 570 mm TL), BMNH 1930.8.26.4 - 5 (one: 562 mm TL), BMNH 1930.8.26.6 – 7 (three embryos: 160 – 168 mm TL); Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 98) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.1 (one: 191 mm TL); Accra, March 1938 (Irvine 290). Distribution. Gulf of Guinea to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Described as a new species by Norman (1930) on the basis of Irvine’s material. He used - us rather than - os as the generic ending and Irvine followed his precedent.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0967C1003D8CFCC9FDD82D0E.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 79) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.2 (one: 360 mm TL). Distribution. Eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola and in the Mediterranean Sea (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0967C1003E28FA02FD7D2FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram (Irvine 87) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.3 (H       : 573 mm TL, male); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 178) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.1 (one female: 674 mm TL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 271). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Described by Norman (1931: 352, figure 1) on the basis of Irvine’s material, again using - us for the generic ending.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0967C1003ED7FF28FBDB280F.taxon	description	Desoutter in Quéro et al., 1990: 55 – 58). One was collected by Irvine.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0967C1003D83FED7FE472B24.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 60) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.1 (one: 291 mm TL); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 340). Axim, Ghana, presented by Willoughby P. Lowe — BMNH 1911.6. 30.5 (one: 160 mm TL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Poll, 1951; Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0966C1013E32FCB7FE0E2D02.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 12 A); Accra, February 1929 (Irvine 12 B) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.3 (one: 711 mm TL, 211 mm DW); Accra, January 1938 (Irvine 394). Distribution. Coasts of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0966C1013E33FBA1FDA82C54.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 393) — BMNH 1939.7.12: 2 (one: 910 mm TL, 361 mm DW). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola and the Cape Verde Islands. Also known from the Mediterranean and northwards along the coast of Europe to southern Ireland and the western Baltic as well as from South Africa (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0966C1013E45FE3BFC9E2B5F.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, August 1938 (Irvine 292) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.2 (one male: 465 mm TL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to South Africa (Krefft, 1968; Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0966C11E3E70F9A2FE11285D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 31) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.4 and BMNH 1930.8. 26.9 (two: 133 mm TL, 183 mm DW; 170 mm TL, 235 mm DW); Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 353) — BMNH 1963.8. 9.3 (one: 234 mm TL, 338 mm DW). Distribution. Off the mainland coast of West Africa from Senegal to the Congo (Quéro et al., 1990). Also known from New England to Rio Janeiro in the western Atlantic.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0979C11E3E36FEE6FE112B75.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 352, p. p. Nortey) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.3 (one: 376 mm TL, 544 mm DW). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Also known from Massachusetts to La Plata River in the western Atlantic.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0979C11E3D90FC76FBC72DC6.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Ghana (Irvine 55) — BMNH 1930.8.26.8 (one: 691 mm TL, 304 mm DW). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to South Africa. Also recorded from the Mediterranean and SW Indian Ocean (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0979C11F3E26FA60FDA829FD.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 19) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.5 (one: 232 mm SL); Ada, October 1938 (Irvine 362) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.11 (one: 158 mm SL); Sekumu Lagoon, near Accra, November 1938 (Irvine 383 pt) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.12 (one: 217 mm SL). Angaswi, Volta estuary, Ghana, coll. Buxton — BMNH 1949.10. 20.2 (one: 109.4 mm SL). Distribution. Coasts of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola: entering rivers (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0978C11F3E4CFE43FC262B9C.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Sekumu Lagoon, near Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 129 B) — BMNH 1932.2.27.1 - 2 (one specimen only: 105 mm SL). Distribution. Both sides of the tropical Atlantic. Regular occurrence from Senegal to Angola in the eastern Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0978C11F3E32FC20FE332C59.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 23); Teshi, June 1930 (Irvine 104) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.25 (one: 188 mm SL); Prampram, September 1939 (Irvine 406) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.4 (one: 106.5 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.13 (one: 77.5 mm SL); off shore at Tema, Ghana, coll. D. Pennack — BMNH 1973.4.26.11 – 13 (three: 115.5 – 149.6 mm SL). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from southern Portugal to Angola. Also found in the Mediterranean, western Atlantic and Japan (Whitehead, 1985). On average about 360 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it the most important fishery species in terms of catch. Catches have risen substantially in recent years and current catch rates may not be sustainable.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0978C11F3E37FAE6FE332FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Teshi, June 1930 (Irvine 103) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.24 (one: 174 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola (Whitehead, 1985). Also occurs in the Mediterranean. On average about 105 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it the one of the most important fishery species in terms of catch. Catches have recently doubled and current catch rates may not be sustainable.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097BC11C3E4EFB18FE022CA7.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 405) — BMNH 1939.7.12.5 – 7 (four: 63.2 – 77.0 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Norway to Angola (Whitehead et al., 1988). On average about 109 000 tonnes of this species are recorded as being caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it one of the most important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097BC11C3E3AFF28FB792B57.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 69) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.14 (one: 112.7 mm SL); Ningo lagoon, May 1930 (Irvine 89) — BMNH 1930.8.26.11 – 13 (three: 64.2 – 71.2 mm SL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 327); Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 377); Accra, August 1938 (Irvine 256) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.40 (one: 152 mm SL); Freetown, Sierra Leone (no Irvine number) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.10 (one: 195 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from western Sahara to Angola; lagoons and brackish water (Whitehead, 1985). On average about 148 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it one of the most important fishery species in the region.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097BC11C3E08FD19FC112A87.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 71) — BMNH 1930.8.26.15 – 17 (three: 96.7 – 114.2 mm SL). Distribution. Coasts and estuaries of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Whitehead, 1985). On average about 7800 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097AC11D3E25FD05FBE22A90.taxon	materials_examined	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).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097AC11D3E17FA90FCAA2CE5.taxon	materials_examined	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, 1967 c).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097AC11D3E12FBA1FB302DF4.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 251) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.3 (one: approx. 830 mm TL, 152 vertebrae). Distribution. Eastern Atlantic from Mauritania to Angola (Blache, 1967 a).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097AC11D3ECCFC34FB662D02.taxon	description	(Blache, 1967 a, 1967 b, 1967 c) and four were recorded by Irvine (see also table 1).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097AC11D3E4FFF28FD1C288D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 166) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.3 (one: 223 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 277) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.5 (one: 167 mm SL); Accra, February 1939 (Irvine 404). Distribution. Warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans (except eastern Pacific). In eastern Atlantic found from Cape Verde Islands and Senegal to Namibia (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097AC11A3EFFF982FC8A29FD.taxon	description	specimen, which Irvine did not mention in his book, was found in the Natural History Museum collections in London.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097DC11A3D9BFA91FDA92CC5.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Near mouth of River Densu, 1936 (Irvine 211, p. p. Mr Lester) — BMNH 1937.2. 6.4 (one: 347 mm TL, 185 vertebrae). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Liberia to Pointe Noire, Congo (Blache and Bauchot, 1972).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097DC11A3E6CFC67FCB02DF3.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 11) — BMNH 1930.3.24.7 – 10 (four: 504 – 675 mm TL); Accra, 1934 (Irvine 300, p. p. Woodward); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 398). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola (Blache and Saldanha, 1972). Also in the Mediterranean.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097DC11B3EBEFA62FCB029FD.taxon	description	in Quéro et al., 1990: 592 – 597). On average about 1000 tonnes of needlefishes are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097CC11B3E33FE86FDE128F6.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 117) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.3 (one: 685 mm SL, 524 mm BL). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known for the Cape Verde Islands and Dakar to southern Angola. Elsewhere found in all tropical and subtropical seas (Collette and Parin, 1970).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097CC11B3E29FB59FD6C2CFF.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 269) — BMNH 1963.10. 18.1 (one: 297 mm SL, 173 mm BL). Listed in Collette (1965) as ‘ probably Ghana’. (Provenance of specimen was found on a typed list from Irvine dated September 1938, which is in the Fish Section correspondence archives.) Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from the Canary Islands and also from Ivory Coast southwards to Angola. Also known in the western Atlantic from New York to Brazil (Collette, 1965).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097CC11B3E59FD71FDDC2D87.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 376) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.8 (one: 211 mm SL, 137 mm BL); Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 59, listed as Hyporhamphus calabaricus) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.18 (one: 220 mm SL, 143 mm BL). Both BMNH specimens were listed in Collette (1965); the first with an incorrect registration number (1939.7.17.8). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from Cape Verde Islands and Senegal to Angola. Also known in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to Rio de Janeiro (Collette, 1965).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097FC1183E62FF28FC5C286F.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 37) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.11 (one: 236 mm SL); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 389). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from Senegal to Nigeria. Also occurs in the western central Atlantic (Gibbs and Staiger, 1970).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097FC1183E35FDFFFCB22A3D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, 1936 (Irvine 207); Teshi, February 1936 (A. P. Brown 6) — BMNH 1937.2. 6.1 (one: 587 mm SL, 829 mm TL). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from Cape Blanc to Angola (including the Cape Verde Islands and islands of the Gulf of Guinea). Also occurs in the western central Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097FC1183E45FB8DFC252C0A.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Locality? (Irvine 119); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 173) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.8 (one: 201 mm SL); Accra, 1936 (Irvine 205) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.14 (one: 171 mm SL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 323), Irvine (no number or locality). Distribution. Along the coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola, including the Cape Verde Islands (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097FC1193E32F9A0FB53281D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 34) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.12 (one: 90.0 mm SL); Winneba, March 1930 (Irvine 172) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.10 (one: 188 mm SL). Accra, February 1939 (Irvine 403) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.11 (one: 172 mm SL), BMNH 1969.2.17.23 (one: 108.6 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Heemstra, 1991).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097EC1193E67FEA7FC5E2B16.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, 35 miles east of Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 82) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.26 (one: 218 mm SL); Kpone, September 1936 (p. p. M. J. Field); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 280). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from West Sahara to Angola, including islands of Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea (Heemstra, 1991).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097EC1193D81FB59FBC82CBF.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Botiano Lagoon, near Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 73); Accra, June 1931 (Irvine 140); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 250) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.7 (one: 294 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola. Also occurs in the Mediterranean, along the Atlantic coasts of southern Spain and Portugal and at the Canary and Cape Verde Islands (Heemstra and Randall, 1993).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097EC1193E49FDAEFC942A8E.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, June 1931 (Irvine 142); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 249) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.6 (one: 445 mm SL); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 402) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.10 (one: 258 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean, Cape Verde Islands and coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola (Heemstra, 1991). Widely recorded as Epinephelus alexandrinus, for example, Bauchot and Blanc (1961 b).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097EC1193E59FC56FCA92D87.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, April (?) 1930 (Irvine 43) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.23 (one: 270 mm SL); Prampram, May 1930 (Irvine 83); Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 284) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.9 (specimen not found in BMNH collections). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola as well as Canary and Cape Verde Islands (Heemstra, 1991).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B097EC1163E3AFA40FD10287F.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 283) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.8 (one: 278 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from southern British Isles to South Africa. Also known from Brazil (Heemstra and Randall, 1993). Widely recorded under the name ‘ Epinephelus guaza ’ (e. g. Bauchot and Blanc, 1961 b), however, this name is now regarded as a nomen dubium (Heemstra, 1991). On average about 575 tonnes of this species are recorded as being caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0971C1163E21FB06FE472C61.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 126) — BMNH 1932.2.27: 4 (one: 171 mm SL); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 335) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.15 (one: 166 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.16 (one: 157 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0971C1163E3BFD59FDB02D4B.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 66) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.28 (H       : 117.7 mm SL); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 263); Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 312) — BMNH 1938.12.15.11 – 12 (two: 97.1, 102.6 mm SL); Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 349, p. p. Mr Nortey). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Ghana to Angola (Poll, 1954; Bauchot and Blanc, 1961 b). Described by Norman (1931: 354, figure 2) as a new species Neanthias accraensis from Irvine’s material.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0971C1163E29FE33FD002B94.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 42) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.27 (one: 227 mm SL); Accra, June 1930 (Irvine 105); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 253) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.10 (one: 187 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from British Isles to Angola; Red Sea (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0970C1173E2FFD76FB962AA7.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, 35 miles east of Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 81) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.29 (one: 218 mm SL); Christiansborg, Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 311) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.17 (one: 129.8 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Western Sahara to Namibia. Also occurs in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic (Starnes, 1988).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0970C1173D8FFF28FCA128B0.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Winneba (Irvine 171) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.9 (one: 161 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 278); (Irvine 51) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.2 (one: 177 mm SL). Distribution. Both sides of the tropical Atlantic and on the tropical central Atlantic islands. Occurs from Senegal to the Congo and in the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0973C1143E1CFACCFC402CE8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 95); mouth of Ancobra River, January 1939 (Akpabla A 16) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.14 (one: 134 mm FL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola. Also found in the Mediterranean and western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0973C1143E24FB9FFC112C39.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 53) — BMNH 1930.8.26.49 – 50 (two: 91.5, 139.1 mm SL); Amedica, River Volta, May 1938 (Irvine 237); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 316) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.12 (specimen not found in the BMNH collections); mouth of Ancobra River, January 1939 (Akpabla A 9). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to southern Angola. Also known from the Mediterranean and western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 3700 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0973C1143E1FFC8EFE0E2ACA.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 94) — BMNH 1930.8.26.53 – 54 (two: 93.8, 104.9 mm FL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0973C1143E3DFDD9FDA82BFB.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 29) — BMNH 1930.8.26.47 – 48 (two: 44.5, 47.5 mm SL); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 344). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from at least Sierra Leone to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0973C1153D8FF9BDFD0C29FD.taxon	description	(two: 75.5, 80.6 mm SL); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 258); Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 375) — BMNH 1939.7.12.13 (one: 170 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and coast of West Africa from Morocco to southern Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0972C1153E65FDE3FBE52A9B.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 27) — BMNH 1930.3.24.21 – 24 (six: 55.5 – 66.5 mm SL); Accra, 1935 (Irvine 307); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 14) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.15 (one: 193 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola. Also occurs in subtropical and tropical western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 6100 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species in terms of catch.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0972C1153E15FC20FC112DBA.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 96) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.7 (one: 201 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 1700 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0972C1153E06FE82FC112B5C.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 22) — BMNH 2001.5.2.18 – 19 (two: 68.5, 75.0 mm SL). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic recorded from Cape Verde Islands and coast of West Africa from Senegal to Namibia. Also reported from Madeira and Portugal (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 2100 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0972C1153E3CFB46FC9F2CD9.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1929 (Irvine 8)? — BMNH 1934.10. 12.15 (one: 88.2 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.20 (one: 135 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola and offshore islands (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0972C1153E1FFA67FE472FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. South of Amedica, Volta River (Irvine 243) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.27 (one: 104 mm SL). Distribution. Known from the Cape Verde Islands southward to Gabon (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0975C1123E3EFC25FBA52D76.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, April 1930 (Irvine 47) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.80 (one: 424 mm SL); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 392) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.17 (one: 276 mm SL). Distribution. Cosmopolitan in warm seas (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0975C1123E1EFAE6FB782FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Ningo, May 1930 (Irvine 97) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.32 (one: 109 mm SL). Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 276) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.20 (one: 272 mm SL, listed as L. modestus). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Allen, 1985).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0975C1123E40FE4BFB982BD3.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 28) — BMNH 1930.8.26.51 – 52 (two: 138, 142 mm FL). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic recorded from the Cape Verde Islands and along the coast of West Africa from southern Senegal to Angola. Elsewhere, worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0975C1123E2AFF28FDA828B2.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1929 (Irvine 9) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.20 (one: 135 mm SL); Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 63) — BMNH 1930.8.26.55 – 57 (three: 65.2 – 124.2 mm SL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 325) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.16 (one: 97.4 mm SL); mouth of Ancobra River, January 1939 (Akpabla A 13). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0974C1133E23FD2AFC4F2A75.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 313) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.21 (one: 272 mm SL), BMNH 1939.7. 12.22 (one: 113.5 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola. Also Cape Verde Islands and islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Allen, 1985).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0974C1133E5BFBC7FCA92CB7.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Ningo Lagoon (Irvine 58) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.79 (one: 111.8 mm SL), (Irvine 90); Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 379) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.23 (one: 126 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola. Irvine also noted that Gerres nigri Günther, 1859 had been recorded from ‘ Guinea’ and from the Ivory Coast, and probably occurred on the coast of Ghana. The latter species is believed to be present along the coast of West Africa from Senegal to the Congo (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0974C1133E3BFF28FB782893.taxon	description	(one: 144 mm SL); Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 118) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.6 (one: 203 mm SL); Winneba (Irvine 174) — BMNH 1934.10.12.11 (one: 172 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Allen, 1985).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0974C1133E4FFE2BFB782B94.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Ningo Lagoon (Irvine 92) — BMNH 1930.8.26.34 (one: 59.1 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Allen, 1985).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0977C1103E5DFBFFFC5B2C9E.taxon	materials_examined	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.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0977C1103E59FA21FCE22FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 343) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.20 (one: 94.4 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Guinea to Angola (Maugé and Desoutter in Quéro et al., 1990: 711). This species has been place in the family Kuhliidae by several recent authors but is now thought to be a haemulid (Nelson, 1994).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0977C1103E37FF28FC552890.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 30); Accra, March 1930 (?) (Irvine 57) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.31 (one: 119 mm SL); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 342) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.18 (one: 180 mm SL). Distribution. Western Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Angola including the offshore islands (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0977C1103E28FC15FD032D24.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 19 pt) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.19 (one: 128.5 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola, entering estuaries (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0977C1103E22FE32FC782A49.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, April (?) 1930 (Irvine 48) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.30 (one: 150 mm SL); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 19 pt) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.21 (one: 123.2 mm SL); locality? (Irvine 195) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.22 (one: 218.7 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). All the specimens listed by Irvine under P. jubelini, which could be located, appear to be P. rogerii. The latter species is stated to have about 55 lateral-line scales whereas P. jubelini is reported to have about 45 (Roux, 1981). This character and the arrangement of chin pores (a pair of small pores preceding a larger median one) place the specimens in P. rogerii rather than P. jubelini.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0976C1113DDAFE75FC112A4D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 35) — BMNH 1930.8.26.35 (one: 165 mm SL, listed under Cynoscion senegalla); Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 122) — BMNH 1930.3.24.15 (one: 378 mm SL, listed under Cynoscion macrognathus); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 260); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 262). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Western Sahara to Angola, rare north of Senegal (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 2500 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0976C1113D8BFC01FE5C2C63.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 259) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.42 (one: 201 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola (scarce north of Cape Verde).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0976C1113E13FA2EFC112FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 68) — BMNH 1930.8.26.41 – 43 (three: 80.1 – 102.1 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Bauchot, 1966 a). On average about 1000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0949C12E3ECCF9C3FCE52FD8.taxon	description	Indo-Pacific region (Carpenter and Allen, 1989).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0949C12E3EB7FBA9FDD42D8E.taxon	description	Africa (Bauchot, 1966 a).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0949C12E3D9BFF28FCB428CE.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 123) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.8 (one: 270 mm SL); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 261); Labadi, January 1936 (A. P. Brown 5). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola: entering estuaries (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 10 500 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year, making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0949C12E3DACFD94FE472A03.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Anomabu, June 1930 (Irvine 108) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.4 (one: 258 mm SL); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 391) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.24 (one: 201 mm SL); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 20) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.41 (one: 164 mm SL). All three specimens are stored in a single jar. Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Guinea to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0949C12E3E47FB54FC1C2F22.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, February 1930 (Irvine 50) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.45 (one: 157 mm SL); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 170) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.13 (one: 197 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.23 (one: 140 mm SL); Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 378, dried specimens from market) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.24 (one: 113 mm SL); Accra, BMNH 1939.7. 12.25 (one: 119.5 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Mauritania to southern Angola including offshore islands (Bauchot, 1966 a). On average about 400 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a significant fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0949C12E3E4EFCA3FC0B2D18.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, February 1930 (Irvine 54) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.5 (one: 163 mm SL), BMNH 1930.3. 24.14 (one: 152 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Morocco to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Also found in the western Mediterranean and along coast of Europe northwards to the Bay of Biscay (Bauchot, 1966 a).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0948C12F3E4CFB90FB892C05.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 129 A) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.7 (one: 176 mm SL, redet. D. maroccanus). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). One of the specimens listed by Irvine under D. macrophthalmus appears to be this species. On average about 600 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a significant fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0948C12F3E09FADDFCB02FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra (Irvine 39) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.13 (one: 116 mm SL); Accra, June 1930 (Irvine 115) — BMNH 1930.8.26.81 – 82 (two: 96.1, 122.0 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.25 (one: 134 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Specimens listed by Irvine under both D. cuninghami (a junior synonym of Pagellus bellottii, see table 1) and D. macrophthalmus appear to be this species. On average about 190 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a significant fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0948C12F3E31FC87FC322AF3.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 273) — BMNH 1938.12.15.16 – 17 (two: 255, 272 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola. Also occurs off Portugal and in the Mediterranean (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0948C12F3E43FF28FE5A28CD.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, 1930 (Irvine 45); Winneba, 1933 (Irvine 175) — BMNH 1934.10.12.12 (one: 216 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Gabon including Cape Verde Islands and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Carpenter and Allen, 1989). In recent years the fishery for this species appears to have expanded and now about 250 tonnes on average of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094BC12C3E10FBE5FE5A2C96.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 264); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 314) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.28 (one: 141 mm SL); Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 347); Labadi, January or June? 1936 (A. P. Brown 3). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Norway to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 50 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094BC12C3E48FF28FDDD2B32.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, October 1938 (Irvine 348, p. p. Mr Nortey) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.26 (one damaged: 114 mm SL, not identifiable). Distribution. Anti-equatorial distribution reported along the coast of West Africa from Morocco to Cape Verde and from Congo to Namibia. Also recorded from the Canary Islands, Mediterranean and off Portugal (Quéro et al., 1990). This species does not appear to occur in the Gulf of Guinea and this unidentifiable material, like the rest of Irvine’s ‘ Dentex macrophthalmus ’ specimens, is probably either D. angolensis or D. congoensis, neither of which species were described at the time (Poll and Maul, 1953; Poll, 1954).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094BC12C3E32FDCBFE472D54.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Kormantin, May 1930 (Irvine 99) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.83 (one: 165 mm SL).? Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 275) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.19 (one: 164 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.27 (one: 150 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola. Also recorded from the southwestern Mediterranean (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 7000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species. Irvine noted ‘ A specimen from Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 275), was identified by the British Museum authorities as Pagellus sp. This seemed to be different from P. erythrinus, and somewhat resembled Dentex cuninghami ’. Irvine was correct in this as Dentex cuninghamii Regan, 1905 (H       : BMNH 1905.2.24.6, 191.7 mm SL, coast of Angola) is a junior synonym of Pagellus bellottii Steindachner (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094BC12C3E18FA27FBA62FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Locality?, November (?) 1930 (Irvine 127) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.9 (one: 214 mm SL); Accra (?), January 1939 (Irvine 400) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.26 (one: 248 mm SL). Distribution. West African coast from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 2000 tonnes of Pagrus, much of which is probably this and the next species, are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094AC12D3EF4FAC4FD672CD7.taxon	description	Desoutter in Quéro et al., 1990: 830).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094AC12D3E34FA67FDE02FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Onikan Pond, Lagos, Nigeria, coll. F. R. Irvine — BMNH 1949.3.17.31 (one: 38.6 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Cape Verde to Angola: entering rivers (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094AC12D3E64FF28FDA828F2.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra (?), March 1930 (Irvine 46) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.46 (one: 148 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 274) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.18 (one: 181 mm SL); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 401) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.27 (one: 290 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola, including the Canary Islands. Also occurs in the Mediterranean and northwards to Portugal (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094AC12D3E3EFBA5FC9B2C35.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, June 1930 (Irvine 101) — BMNH 1930.8.26.63 – 64 (two S       : 123.0, 128.3 mm SL of Coleosmaris nigricauda Norman, 1931). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Ghana to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). Described as a new species, Coleosmaris nigricauda, by Norman (1931: 359, figure 4) on the basis of Irvine’s material.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094DC12A3E4BFDA5FE472A11.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra (Irvine 132) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.10 (one: 88 mm SL); Winneba (Irvine 180) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.14 (one: 88.9 mm SL); Teshi, March 1936 (Irvine 208). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094DC12B3E19F982FCF9281D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 319) — BMNH 1939.7.12.29 – 30 (two: 139.2, 162 mm SL), BMNH 1975.5. 29.29 (one: 133.8 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Ghana (Edwards, 1986). Whitley’s name was a replacement for Chromis lineatus Cadenat, 1950 (type locality: Senegal) which was preoccupied by Chromis lineatus Fowler and Bean, 1928 (type locality: Philippines) (Edwards, 1986).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094DC12A3E13FC41FC112DF4.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 49) — BMNH 1930.8.26.61 – 62 (two: 68.6, 84.1 mm SL). Distribution. West African coast between about Cape Verde and Angola (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 1300 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094DC12A3E1BFEFBFD982B1F.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Anomabu, June 1930 (Irvine 107) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.3 (one: 190 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Cape Verde to Gabon (Bauchot and Blanc, 1961 b).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094CC12B3E3EFEA4FBA428F3.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra (?), March 1930 (Irvine 74) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.59 (one: 103.2 mm SL); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 255). Distribution. Both sides of the tropical Atlantic (Allen, 1991).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094CC12B3E74FD92FB262BC9.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 330) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.28 (one: 82.7 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola and the Cape Verde Islands. Also occurs in the western tropical Atlantic (Edwards, 1986).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094CC12B3E32FB2CFCBB2C6B.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, 35 miles east of Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 85) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.8 (one: 178 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 268). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Guinea to Cameroon and around the Cape Verde Islands (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094CC12B3E3DFC26FCE92D95.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 167) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.16 (one: 149 mm SL), BMNH 2001.5. 2.29 (one: 155 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and coast of West Africa from Morocco to Gabon including the offshore islands. Also recorded in the western tropical Atlantic (Bauchot and Blanc, 1961 a; Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094CC1283E5FF9C0FE4D28DC.taxon	description	Callyodon (= Scarus) hoefleri is a Sparisoma and appears to be Sparisoma rubripinne. Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 56) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.60 (one: 173 mm SL); Accra, March 1935 (Irvine 302), specimen not found. Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea and Cape Verde Islands. Also occurs in the tropical western Atlantic (Randall in Quéro et al., 1990: 883 – 887). Irvine’s colour notes for Callyodon hoefleri (= Scarus hoefleri) appear to fit S. rubripinne more closely: ‘ The colour is mottled brown above and on the sides, and pinkish beneath. The anal fin is red, the pectoral fins orange-coloured, and the pelvics red’.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094FC1283E32FE69FE472BAB.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Labadi, 1936, coll. K. W. Todd — BMNH 1938.12.15.21 (one: 345 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to the Congo (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094FC1283E1BFCEFFE472D2A.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, 1936 (Irvine 210) — BMNH 1937.2.6.3 (one: 167 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Ghana to the Congo (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094FC1283E19FBFCFDA82C59.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Teshi, May 1930 (Irvine 100) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.6 (one: 282 mm SL); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 177) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.18 (one: 204 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 267). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola including the Canary Islands. Also occurs in the Mediterranean and on the coast of southern Portugal (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094FC1293E27F9DDFE4729FD.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Anomabu, June 1930 (Irvine 111) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.58 (one: 191 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from at least Ghana to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094EC1293E52FE59FBFF2BBB.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Ningo, May 1930 (Irvine 80) — BMNH 1930.8.26.69 – 70 (two: 93.2, 253 mm SL); Accra, 1935 (Irvine 303 – det. Ach. F. R. I. 1938); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 257) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.25 (one: 92.5 mm SL). Distribution. Cape Verde Islands and coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola over hard substrata (Desoutter in Quéro et al., 1990: 962 – 964).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094EC1293E0AFC3FFC442C19.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, May 1930 (Irvine 84) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.71 (one: 195 mm SL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 315). Distribution. In warm temperate and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea (Collette and Nauen, 1983; Collette, 1999). Until recently S. colias has been considered a junior synonym of a cosmopolitan species S. japonicus Houttyn, 1782 but recent studies by Collette (1999) indicate that Atlantic and Indo-Pacific populations of chub mackerels should be recognized as two separate species with S. colias being the valid name for the Atlantic species. On average about 130 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a very important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094EC1293E15FAACFB8D2F08.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 282, head and tail only) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.22 (one: ca 210 cm HL). Distribution. Pantropical species (Collette and Nauen, 1983). On average about 70 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a very important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B094EC1263EFBF9DDFDF128BD.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 397) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.31 (one: 322 mm FL); Labadi, 27 January 1936 (A. P. Brown 1; head and tail only) — BMNH 1937.2. 6.5 (1 head: 106 mm HL). Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from Norway to South Africa including the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Also known from the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to northern Argentina (Collette and Nauen, 1983). About 3500 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species. The fishery appears to have expanded greatly in the last few years.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0941C1263E04FB37FB082CC3.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, June 1931 (Irvine 139) — BMNH 1932.27. 17 (one: 296 mm FL; determined as A. rochei by B. Collette). Distribution. Cosmopolitan in warm seas (Collette and Nauen, 1983). On average about 2500 tonnes of Auxis spp. are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making them significant fishery species. The two species of Auxis (A. rochei and A. thazard) are not too difficult to tell apart if you have fresh material in good condition but old museum material can be difficult to determine.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0941C1263E52FE4AFDA12D6F.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 338); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 390) — BMNH 1939.7.12.32 (one: 290 mm SL, 311 mm FL; H        of Euthynnus alletteratus aurolitoralis Fraser-Brunner, 1949); Labadi, January 1935 (A. P. Brown 4) — BMNH 1937.2.6.2 (one: 300 mm SL, 321 mm FL; P        of Euthynnus alletteratus aurolitoralis Fraser-Brunner, 1949; listed under Auxis rochei by Irvine). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania and Cape Verde Islands to Angola. Also known from the Mediterranean Sea and the western Atlantic. Fraser-Brunner (1949: 626, figure 2 b) used Irvine’s material as the basis for splitting E. alletteratus into two subspecies. Fraser-Brunner’s subspecific designation, which separates West African (‘ southern’ populations) of the species from ‘ northern’ ones from the Mediterranean and North Atlantic (south to Senegal and Brazil), does not appear to have been recognized by later workers. The characters he used to separate the two subspecies were vague and the number of specimens examined very small (only the two specimens above for the ‘ southern’ aurolitoralis subspecies). On average about 3000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species. Catches have declined greatly since the early 1990 s.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0941C1273E3EFA63FC11283D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 16) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.41 (one: 266 mm FL); Accra, 1935 (Irvine 304 – det. Ach. F. R. I. 1938); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 318). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from the Canary Islands and Dakar to Angola. Enters estuaries (Collette and Nauen, 1983). On average about 1400 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0940C1273E2FFD05FC362ADA.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November 1938 (Irvine 356) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.33 (one: 132.3 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Congo: entering estuaries (Quéro et al., 1990). Gobioides ansorgii Boulenger, 1909 is also present in the region and can be distinguished by its more elongate body. It has 19 – 21 soft dorsal rays compared to about 15 soft dorsal rays (Giltay, 1935) in G. africanus.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0940C1273ED0F9C8FC122FD8.taxon	description	Africa (Bauchot, 1966 b) and was collected by Irvine.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0940C1273E5DFB9AFE122F08.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Botiano Lagoon, near Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 72) — BMNH 1930.8.26.72 – 74 (three: 133.0 – 136.2 mm SL); no locality, 1931 (Plumptre)? — BMNH 1934.10. 12.19 (one: 98.2 mm SL). Distribution. Coasts, lagoons and estuaries of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola including the Gulf of Guinea islands (Miller in Quéro et al., 1990: 958 – 959). A recent study by Murdy (1989) indicates that Gobius koelreuteri Pallas, 1770, Periophthalmus papilio Bloch and Schneider, 1801, P. gabonicus Duméril, 1861 (type locality: Gabon), and P. erythronemus Guichenot in Duméril, 1861 (type locality: Senegal) are all junior synonyms of P. barbarus. This species is the only Periophthalmus in West Africa and is endemic to the eastern tropical Atlantic. Murdy (1989) designated a neotype for P. barbarus from Liberia and also noted that the purported type locality of ‘ Tranquebar, India’ for P. papilio must be presumed an error.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0943C1243E10FAA2FC1C2F3B.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, February 1930 (Irvine 41) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.76 (one: 390 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from southern Senegal to Angola. Also known from the tropical western Atlantic (Nielsen et al., 1999). On average about 450 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a significant fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0943C1243E46FD31FD2C2A48.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Axim, Ghana, ca 1938, coll. F. R. Irvine and Miss V. J. Foote — BMNH 2002.1.19.4 – 14 (11: 30.9 – 56.3 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to the Congo and the Cape Verde Islands (Springer, 1966).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0943C1243D89FF28FD8728B0.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Anomabu, near Cape Coast, June 1930 (Irvine 110) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.75 (one: 85.0 mm SL), BMNH 1932.2.27.21 – 22 (two: 87.5, 97.6 mm SL); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 329) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.34 (one: 68.3 mm SL). Distribution. Shallow coastal waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic (Bauchot, 1966 b).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0943C1243E2AFC15FB572D44.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Elmina, Ghana — BMNH 1935.5.20.1 (one: 48.5 mm SL); Axim, Ghana, ca 1938, coll. F. R. Irvine and Miss V. J. Foote — BMNH 2002.1.19.15 (one: 40.9 mm SL). Distribution. Eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to the Congo and in the Mediterranean. Also occurs in the tropical western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0942C1253E31FBBCFC1B2C19.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 18); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 339); Accra, January 1938 (Irvine 395) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.31 (one: 145 mm SL; in very poor condition and not determinable with certainty); Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 396) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.38 (one: 293 mm SL). Distribution. Both sides of the tropical Atlantic. On the coast of West Africa known from Senegal to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0942C1253E41FDEEFE232AEA.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 181) — BMNH 1934.10. 12.20 (one: ca 350 mm SL); Accra, September 1938 (Irvine 339) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.30 (one: 304 mm SL). Distribution. Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verde Islands and coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola. Also occurs in the Mediterranean and northwards to the Bay of Biscay, and in the western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990). A barracuda seen by Irvine, which was 180 cm in length and which he thought might have been this species, was likely to have been Sphyraena afra Peters, 1844, but could have been the Great barracuda, S. barracuda (Walbaum, 1792), which is uncommon in the area. Sphyraena sphyraena is only reported to a maximum length of 165 cm.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0942C1253E2EFF28FC1C288C.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 78) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.68 (one: 281 mm SL). Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Morocco to South Africa (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 400 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a significant fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0942C1223E1CF9BDFB16285D.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Lagoons near Accra (?), 1930 (Irvine 114); Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 374 pt) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.36 (one: 375 mm SL); Sakumo Lagoon, Accra, May 1931 (Irvine 130) — BMNH 1932.2.27.19 – 20 (two: 91.0, 91.4 mm SL; listed under Mugil auratus by Irvine). Distribution. Most warm seas: entering fresh water (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0945C1223E3DFD65FD202D9A.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Anamabu, June 1930 (Irvine 112) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.18 (one: 170 mm SL); south of Amedica, River Volta, May 1938 (Irvine 220), near Akuse, River Volta, May 1938 (Irvine 221) — BMNH 1938.12.15.54 – 55 (two specimens (220 and 221): 143, 158 mm SL respectively); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 331) — BMNH 1969.3.17.21 – 22 in part (one: 72.8 mm SL); Ada, estuary of River Volta, November 1938 (Irvine 367); Keta, November 1938 (Irvine 380) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.35 (one: 176 mm SL); Fana, Sekumu Lagoon, near Accra, November 1938 (Irvine 384) — BMNH 1969.3.17.21 – 22 in part (one: 84.7 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola: entering fresh water (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0945C1223E51FA2BFC112FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 26) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.40 and BMNH 1930.8.26.65 – 66 (three: 94.0 – 109.1 mm SL); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 17) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.32 (one: 132.5 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola: entering rivers (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 3600 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0944C1233E3FFE40FB8D2BFD.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 24) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.39 (one: 116 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 266); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 18) — BMNH 2001.5. 2.33 (one: 172 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Canary Islands to Angola: entering estuaries (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 12 300 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it a very important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0944C1233E45FF28FC1128B5.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Amedica, River Volta, May 1938 (Irvine 239) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.56 (one: 163 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola: entering rivers (Quéro et al., 1990). On average about 4300 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0944C1233E37FBB2FC222C4E.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, February 1930 (Irvine 40) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.42 (H       : 173 mm SL). Distribution. Mauritania, Senegal, throughout Gulf of Guinea to Angola (Eschmeyer, 1969). Described as a new species by Norman (1935 a: 23) on the basis of Irvine material. Maximum size of specimens is 18.5 cm but Irvine indicated that it is said to grow to a length of 60 – 90 cm. Irvine noted that another specimen (not found) taken at Accra in 1935 (Irvine 308) might belong to this genus.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0944C1233E1AFA05FB462FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 272) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.24 (one: 136.1 mm SL); Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 65) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.9 (one: 204 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Congo including the Cape Verde Islands. Also reported from the Azores and Madeira (Eschmeyer, 1969).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0947C1203D82FED0FB7828E7.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November (?) 1930 (Irvine 125) — BMNH 1932.2.27.24 – 25 (two: 149, 150 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Cape Verde to Angola (Richards, 1968).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0947C1203EF6FDB8FB792B9F.taxon	description	Eschmeyer and Dempster in Quéro et al., 1990: 690 – 691) and was collected by Irvine.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0947C1203E4FFD20FBFE2A97.taxon	description	(one: 240 mm SL); Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 252) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.23 (one: 260 mm SL); ‘ Gold Coast’ (Irvine). Distribution. Both sides of the tropical Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0947C1203E24FBF0FE472C08.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 38) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.43 (one: not studied, currently on loan). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0947C1203E2CF980FD692FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, November 1930 (Irvine 121 A); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 176) — BMNH 1934.10.12.21 (one: 240 mm SL); Keta, 1933 (Akpabla A 6). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola (Nielsen, 1961). Also in the tropical western Atlantic.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0947C1203EB1FF28FC01280F.taxon	description	1968) and one was recorded from Ghana by Irvine.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0946C1213E43FCDFFE0E2D5A.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 17) — BMNH 1930.3. 24.44 (one: 316 mm SL); estuary of the River Volta (Ada), November 1938 (Irvine 364 pt) — BMNH 1939.7. 12.39 (one: 245 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of tropical West Africa from Senegal to Angola (Nielsen, 1963).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0946C1213EC7FBECFB792DC9.taxon	description	Quéro et al., 1990: 725 – 728) and one was reported by Irvine from the coast of Ghana.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0946C1213E29FA9CFB5E2C99.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 7) — BMNH 1930.8. 26.77 (one: 410 mm SL); Accra, January 1935 (Irvine 309); Accra, November 1938 (Irvine 355). Distribution. Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical seas (Lachner, 1966).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0946C1213E2AFE19FB932B3C.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, October 1930 (Irvine 120) — BMNH 1932.2. 27.23 (one: 298.3 mm SL). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Congo. Also occurs in the Mediterranean and northwards to Portugal (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0959C13E3E62FC9DFC8A2AFA.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Labadi, 1934 (M. J. Field 12) — BMNH 1938.12. 15.26 (one: 135.1 mm SL). Label suggests October 1936 as date of collection. Distribution. Established populations are known from the Azores, St Helena and Ascension (Tyler, 1965). Tyler (1965) suggests that this specimen, which he examined, is likely to have been a stray.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0959C13E3E52FA94FB792CA3.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 20) — BMNH 1930.3.24.46 – 47 (two: 81.8, 101.5 mm SL); Winneba, March 1933 (Irvine 169). Distribution. Both sides of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic. On the coast of West Africa from Morocco to Angola including offshore islands (Quéro et al., 1990).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0959C13F3E28FA43FCDD29FD.taxon	materials_examined	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).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0958C13F3E63FE36FD872B84.taxon	materials_examined	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).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0958C13F3EE2FE8AFC712891.taxon	description	Angola only (Roux, 1971). Irvine recorded two from Ghana.	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
03FC590B0958C13F3E5BFD23FB632A78.taxon	materials_examined	Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 64) — BMNH 1930.8. 30.10 (one: ca 305 mm SL); Winneba, March 1934 (Irvine 168). Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to Ghana. Also occurs in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal (Roux, 1971).	en	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): 2213-2267, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
