HEMIRAMPHIDAE, T.N.Gill, 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 : 2233

HEMIRAMPHIDAE

Three species are found in coastal waters off the tropical West African mainland (Collette, 1965). A further two species are found in offshore waters (Collette and Parin in Quéro et al., 1990: 579–582). On average about 300 tonnes of halfbeaks are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).