Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)
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Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) |
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Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) View in CoL
Irvine name. Listed correctly under the name above apart from one specimen (A. P. Brown 1) mistakenly listed under Scomberomorus tritor .
Reference material. Accra, January 1939 (Irvine 397)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.31 (one: 322 mm FL); Labadi, 27 January 1936 (A. P. Brown 1; head and tail only)— BMNH 1937.2 .6.5 (1 head: 106 mm HL) .
Distribution. In the eastern Atlantic known from Norway to South Africa including the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Also known from the western Atlantic from Massachusetts to northern Argentina (Collette and Nauen, 1983).
About 3500 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species. The fishery appears to have expanded greatly in the last few years.
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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