Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795)

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 : 2257

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930210138359
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5262955
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scientific name	Galeoides decadactylus (Bloch, 1795)
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Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 24)— BMNH 1930.3 .24.39 (one: 116 mm SL); Prampram, July 1938 (Irvine 266); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 18)— BMNH 2001.5 .2.33 (one: 172 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Canary Islands to Angola: entering estuaries (Quéro et al., 1990).

On average about 12 300 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it a very important fishery species.

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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).