Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) View in CoL
Reference material. Accra, March 1930 (Irvine 53)— BMNH 1930.8.26.49–50 (two: 91.5, 139.1 mm SL); Amedica, River Volta, May 1938 (Irvine 237); Prampram, September 1938 (Irvine 316)— BMNH 1939.7 .12.12 (specimen not found in the BMNH collections); mouth of Ancobra River, January 1939 (Akpabla A 9) .
Distribution. Coast of West Africa from Morocco to southern Angola. Also known from the Mediterranean and western Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).
On average about 3700 tonnes of this species are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making it an 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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