ELASMOBRANCHII

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 : 2216

Subclass ELASMOBRANCHII CARCHARHINIDAE

Up to 18 species of carcharhinids may occur off the coast of Ghana (Compagno, 1984) and four were recorded by Irvine. On average about 29 500 tonnes of ‘other’ sharks are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), the majority of which are probably in this family. For two species of Sphyrninae collected by Irvine see table 1.