PRIACANTHIDAE, Gunther, 1859

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

PRIACANTHIDAE

Two species may occur off the mainland coast of West Africa (Bauchot and Blanc, 1961b). In addition to Priacanthus arenatus reported by Irvine from Ghana, Heteropriacanthus cruentatus Lacepède, 1801 may also be present in the region (Bauchot and Blanc, 1961b), although Starnes (1988) noted that it was ‘not definitely recorded from African continental waters’. On average about 15 tonnes of priacanthids are recorded as being caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000).