latiscutatus, Arius Günther [A.] 1864:151, Fig. [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Fernando Póo Island [Bioco Island], Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.2.26.1 (skin). Paralectotypes: BMNH 2020.7.23.1 (1, skeleton), (1, skeleton). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:31 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Taylor 1990:231 [ref. 14194]. •Mention -- (Kailola 2004:146 [ref. 28108]). •Incertae sedis in Ariidae -- (Ferraris 2007:31 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Arius latiscutatus Günther 1864 -- (Taylor 1986:155 [ref. 6195], Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Taylor 1990:231 [ref. 14194], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:566 [ref. 21590], Vreven & De Vos 2007:578 [ref. 30015]. Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Skelton 2019:227 [ref. 36564]). •Valid as Carlarius latiscutatus (Günther 1864) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:38 [ref. 29031], Acero P. & Betancur-R. 2016:1747 [ref. 34564], Fermon et al. 2022:153 [ref. 39448], Marceniuk et al. 2023:25 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Carlarius latiscutatus (Günther 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: brackish, marine.