LUTJANIDAE

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 : 2240

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scientific name	LUTJANIDAE
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Six species occur on the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Allen, 1985) and Irvine recorded all six (see also table 1) although specimens of only four species were located. On average about 4800 tonnes of snappers are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).

References

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).

Tables

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Lutjanidae

Specimens