SERRANIDAE, Swainson, 1839
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Felipe |
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About 18 species occur off the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Smith in Quéro et al. 1990: 695–706; Maugé in Quéro et al., 1990: 707–710; Heemstra, 1991; Heemstra and Randall, 1993) and 10 were recorded by Irvine. On average about 16 500 tonnes of serranids are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).
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