CARANGIDAE, Rafinesque, 1815

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 : 2237

CARANGIDAE

At least 22 species occur on the mainland coast of tropical West Africa (Poll, 1954; Bauchot and Blanc, 1963; Smith-Vaniz et al. in Quéro et al., 1990: 729–755). Some 12 of these were reported by Irvine from Ghana. On average about 40 000 tonnes of carangids are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).