[2] The bigeye grunt is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it occurs along the western coast of Africa from Morocco to Angola, although it is most common from Senegal south.

[1] It can be found on Sandy and muddy substrates, moving up the water column to feed near the surface during the night.

[1] The bigeye grunt was first formally described in 1832 as Larimus auritus by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes 1794-1865) with the type locality given as Gorée in Senegal.

[7] The generic name is a compound of brachy meaning “short” and deuterus meaning “second”, a reference to the lower Sony rayed part of the dorsal fin which is almost separated from the anterior spiny part by a deep notch.

[8] The bigeye grunt is commercially important in many parts of West Africa,[1] especially Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.