ELASMOBRANCHII

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 : 2216

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Subclass ELASMOBRANCHII View in CoL CARCHARHINIDAE

Up to 18 species of carcharhinids may occur off the coast of Ghana (Compagno, 1984) and four were recorded by Irvine. On average about 29 500 tonnes of ‘other’ sharks are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), the majority of which are probably in this family. For two species of Sphyrninae collected by Irvine see table 1.

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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).