SPARIDAE

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 : 2245

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On average about 50 000 tonnes of sea breams are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000). Some 12 species have been recorded from the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Poll, 1954; Bauchot and Hureau in Quéro et al., 1990: 790–812) of which nine were recorded from Ghana by Irvine (see also table 1). The characters separating the various species of Dentex do not appear to be well quantified and a review of this genus for the eastern Atlantic is required.

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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).