SPHYRAENIDAE, Rafinesque, 1815

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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scientific name	SPHYRAENIDAE
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Four species occur in the Gulf of Guinea (de Sylva in Quéro et al., 1990: 860–864) and two were reported from Ghana by Irvine. On average about 6000 tonnes of barracuda are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).

References

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	Sphyraenidae

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