A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London
Author
Edwards, A. J.
Author
Gill, A. C.
Author
Abohweyere, P. O.
text
Journal of Natural History
2003
2003-09-30
37
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930210138359
journal article
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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.