Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)

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 : 2235

Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)

Irvine name. Epinephelus alexandrinus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) . Misidentification; holotype of Serranus Alexandrinus Valenciennes, 1828 was fairly recently found (Heemstra, 1991) to be a specimen of Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) .

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 (1961b).