Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2260

Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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).