Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1862)

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

Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1862)

Irvine name. Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus) . Misidentification.

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.