Species that contain: Pseudotolithus and elongatus [ 4 ] records

clavigera, Corvina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:101 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6336 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:8 [ref. 6382]. •Synonym of Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825) -- (Daget & Trewavas 1986:335 [ref. 6211], Chao & Trewavas 1990:817 [ref. 18934], Parenti 2020:47 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825). Sciaenidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

elongata, Sciaena Bowdich [S. L.] 1825:236, Fig. 43 [Fishes of Madeira; ref. 590] Porta Praya, St. Jago Island, Madeira. Holotype (unique): not preserved. •Valid as Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825) -- (Daget & Trewavas 1986:335 [ref. 6211], Chao & Trewavas 1990:817 [ref. 18934], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:702 [ref. 21590], Vreven & Snoeks 2007:435 [ref. 30078], Chao in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2643 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2019:7 [ref. 36934], Reiner 2019:221 [ref. 38139], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 27 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Parenti 2020:47 [ref. 37439], Fermon et al. 2022:283 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825). Sciaenidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

guineensis, Otolithus Osório [B.] 1909:102, Pl. (fig. 1) [Memorias do Museu Bocage, Lisboa Fasc. 1; ref. 18937] Postugo, Bolama, Guinea-Bissau. Holotype (unique): MD (destroyed in 1978 fire). Originally as guinéensis. •Synonym of Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825) -- (Daget & Trewavas 1986:335 [ref. 6211], Chao & Trewavas 1990:817 [ref. 18934], Parenti 2020:47 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825). Sciaenidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nigrita, Corvina Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:103, Fig. 138 (part) [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7483 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:9 [ref. 6382]. •Synonym of Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825) -- (Daget & Trewavas 1986:335 [ref. 6211], Chao & Trewavas 1990:817 [ref. 18934], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:702 [ref. 21590], Chao in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2643 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2020:47 [ref. 37439]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich 1825). Sciaenidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.