EPHIPPIDAE, Bleeker, 1859

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 : 2248

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EPHIPPIDAE
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Two species occur on the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Desoutter in Quéro et al., 1990: 834–836) and both were collected by Irvine. On average about 550 tonnes of spadefishes are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).

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