Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 2255

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5262945
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scientific name	Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758
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Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Reference material. Accra, May 1938 (Irvine 78)— BMNH 1930.8 .26.68 (one: 281 mm SL) .

Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Morocco to South Africa (Quéro et al., 1990).

On average about 400 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it a significant fishery species.

Four species are likely to be found in the Gulf of Guinea (Shipp, 1981) and two were recorded by Irvine from Ghana. On average about 75 tonnes of triggerfishes are reported to be caught in the region each year (FAO, 2000).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Stromateidae
Genus	Stromateus

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