Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)

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 : 2251

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scientific name	Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
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Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) View in CoL

Irvine name. Parathunnus obesus (Lowe) .

Reference material. Accra, July 1938 (Irvine 282, head and tail only)— BMNH 1938.12 .15.22 (one: ca 210 cm HL) .

Distribution. Pantropical species (Collette and Nauen, 1983).

On average about 70 000 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it a very 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	Scombridae
Genus	Thunnus

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