CENTRACANTHIDAE

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 : 2247

CENTRACANTHIDAE

Two species occur on the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Poll, 1954; Heemstra in Quéro et al., 1990: 768–772), both of which were collected by Irvine. On average about 5 tonnes of Spicara are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).