EXOCOETIDAE, Risso, 1827

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 : 2233

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EXOCOETIDAE
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Seven species would be expected to occur off the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Parin and Gibbs in Quéro et al., 1990: 583–591) but only one was collected by Irvine. On average about 800 tonnes of flyingfishes are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).

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