ARIIDAE

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 : 2231

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scientific name	ARIIDAE
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Three species ( Arius heudeloti Valenciennes, 1840 , A. latiscutatus (discussed below) and A. parkii Günther, 1864 ) occur in the sea off tropical West Africa and one was recorded by Irvine. On average about 22 000 tonnes of sea catfishes are recorded as being 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).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Siluriformes
Family	Ariidae
Genus	Arius

Specimens