BELONIDAE

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 : 2232-2233

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scientific name	BELONIDAE
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Four species may occur off the coast of Ghana (Collette and Parin, 1970), although only one of these ( Ablennes hians ) was reported by Irvine. The other species which may be expected along the West African mainland coast are Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1846) , Tylosurus acus rafale Collette and Parin, 1970 and Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron and Lesueur, 1821) (Collette and Parin

in Quéro et al., 1990: 592–597). On average about 1000 tonnes of needlefishes are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).

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	Beloniformes
Family	Belonidae
Genus	Ablennes

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