SPHYRAENIDAE, Rafinesque, 1815

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 : 2255

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SPHYRAENIDAE
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Four species occur in the Gulf of Guinea (de Sylva in Quéro et al., 1990: 860–864) and two were reported from Ghana by Irvine. On average about 6000 tonnes of barracuda are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).

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