Wirtz, Peter2020-07-312020-07-3120140341-8391http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14565Cadenat (1950) summarized the state of knowledge on the marine fishes of Senegal. Since then, numerous publications have noted the presence of additional species, described new species and/or revised genera and families of the area (e. g. Cadenat 1953, Cadenat 1960, Wirtz 1980, Séret & Opic 1981, Edwards 1986, Bath 1990, Rocha et al. 2012, Wirtz 2012). The coasts of Senegal, however, are still poorly explored and without doubt many cryptic species remain to be detected, in particular by SCUBA diving. During dives at the coast of Senegal, in the vicinity of Dakar, two fish species were observed that apparently have not yet been recorded from the African mainland coast.engjournal article