Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 2239

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930210138359

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5262907

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scientific name

Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Reference material. Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 96)— BMNH 1930.8 .30.7 (one: 201 mm SL) .

Distribution. Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Morocco to Angola (Quéro et al., 1990).

On average about 1700 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Carangidae

Genus

Lichia

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