Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1776)

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

Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1776)

Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 27)— BMNH 1930.3.24.21–24 (six: 55.5–66.5 mm SL); Accra, 1935 (Irvine 307); mouth of River Ancobra, January 1939 (Akpabla A 14)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.15 (one: 193 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola. Also occurs in subtropical and tropical western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).

On average about 6100 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it an important fishery species in terms of catch.