Pseudotolithus elongatus

BéarlaDiagnosis: medium-sized fish, fusiform and compressed; head short; eyes rather large; snout short; mouth large and oblique, subterminal; teeth villiform, set in narrow bands in both jaws; 5 marginal pores on snout and 6 mental pores; gill rakers long and slender, longer than gill filaments at angle of first gill arch; dorsal fin long, deeply notched; 2nd anal fin spine very strong, about as long as 1st soft ray and comprised less than twice in head length; caudal fin more or less pointed; scales ctenoid on body, cycloid on breast and head; lateral line extending to hind margin of caudal fin; swim bladder carrot-shaped, its front end with a pair of appendages subdividing into a group of short anterior branches and a bundle of 5-6 slender tubes extending backwards over half the length of swim bladder (Ref. 57396). Coloration: back olivaceous brown, sides silvery with series of dark dots, belly light, yellowish during reproduction period; spinous part of dorsal fin dark, soft part lighter, with 2-3 longitudinal series of dark dots; pelvics and anal fin yellowish (Ref. 57396).

• Sciaena nigrita (Cuvier, 1830)
• Corvina dux (Bowdich, 1825)
• Otolithus guineensis Osório, 1909
• Larimus elongatus (Bowdich, 1825)
• Corvina clavigera Cuvier, 1830
• Sciaena dux Bowdich, 1825
• Johnius nigrita (Cuvier, 1830)
• Johnius elongatus (Bowdich, 1825)
• Corvina nigrita Cuvier, 1830
• Sciaena elongata Bowdich, 1825
• Johnius guineensis (Osório, 1909)