Drepane africana Osorio, 1892

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 : 2248

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scientific name	Drepane africana Osorio, 1892
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Drepane africana Osorio, 1892 View in CoL

Irvine name. Drepane punctata (Linnaeus) . Misidentification.

Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 49)— BMNH 1930.8.26.61–62 (two: 68.6, 84.1 mm SL) .

Distribution. West African coast between about Cape Verde and Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).

On average about 1300 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it an important 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	Drepaneidae
Genus	Drepane

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