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47 Commercially important taxa or families of marine species for Africa were selected. The two most important marine fisheries for each coastal country were selected, and then several shared stocks were added to this primary list. Fisheries catch data were sourced from the FAO, and distribution data for species of interest were sourced from GBIF. Distribution records of groups or families (above the species level) are not shown. 

  • Name: Commercial fisheries for coastal Africa.
  • Source and original publisher of catch data: Catch data for 48 fish and invertebrate families/species were extracted from the FAO Fishery Statistics Capture Production Yearbook vol 90/1, 2000.  Families/species were chosen based on importance in catches, and only the highest catch(es) were chosen for each country.  Data were digitized to country polygons.
  • Catch data citation: FAO Fishery Statistics Capture Production Yearbook vol 90/1, 2000.  
  • Source and original publisher of species distribution data: Species distributions were sourced from GBIF.  Point distribution data were downloaded from FishBase and converted to point shapefile format. Individual citations are provided for each species (below).
  • Illustrations and images: Images were obtained from various sources, and individual citations are provided below.  For family catch data or genus catch data, a representative species image was chosen and does not necessarily represent the species represented in the catch. 
  • Data downloads: Please click on the country catch maps and the distribution maps in order to download zipped shapefiles of the data.

 

Species Name Highest catch(es) in 2000 in tons Illustration / photograph Species distribution
  • Family/Species: Ariidae 
  • Country: Gambia
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P.  Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity.
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  • Family/Species: Pteroscion peli
  • Country: Republic of Congo
  • Common name: boe drum
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Pteroscion peli. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. CUMV Fish Collection, 3 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 5 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 697 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 2 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 6 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 2 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records.
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  • Family/Species: Carangidae
  • Countries: Togo, Eritrea
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Engraulis capensis
  • Country: South Africa
  • Common name: Southern African anchovy
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Engraulis capensis. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 5 records.
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  • Family/Species: Engraulis encrasicolus 
  • Countries: Algeria, Ghana, Togo
  • Common name: European anchovy
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Engraulis encrasicolus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. BeBIF: University of Ghent - Zoology Museum - Vertebratacollectie, 3 records; CUMV Fish Collection, 2 records; European Environment Agency (EUNIS DiGR Provider), 3 records; Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 31 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (11/2006), 1373 records; GBIF (Spain) (MCNC_Cord), 1 records; GBIF Sweden: Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 29 records; GBIF Sweden: National Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket) - Institute of Coastal Research, 1 records; GBIF-MNHN (Paris): Ichtyologie, xxx records; Harvard University MCZ Fish Collection, 14 records; Chavan, Vishwas and C. T. Achuthankutty (editors), IndOBIS Catalogue of Life, Available at http://www.indobis.org/, Retrived 12, 16, 2006, 1 record; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records; Joint Nature Conservation Committee, 1 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 1 records; Marine Biological Association, 1 records; Marine Conservation Society, xxx records; Collection database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, 1 records; Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 53 records; Royal Ontario Museum - Fish Specimens, 4 records; Swedish Museum of Natural History (NMR), 1 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 3 records; University of Kansas Fish Collection, 2 records; University of Washington Fish Collection, 3 records
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  • Family/Species: Ethmalosa fimbriata
  • Countries: Gabon, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d' Ivoire
  • Common name: bonga shad
  • Image citation: Durand, J.D. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Ethmalosa fimbriata. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. CUMV Fish Collection, 2 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 672 records; GBIF-MNHN (Paris): Ichtyologie, 41 records; Harvard University MCZ Fish Collection, 4 records; Chavan, VIshwas and C. T. Achuthankutty (editors), IndOBIS Catalogue of Life, Available at http://www.indobis.org/, Retrived 16, 12, 2006, 2 records; Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 16 records; Royal Ontario Museum - Fish Specimens, 1 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, xxx records; Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM), 1 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 3 records.
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  • Family/Species: Galeoides decadactylus 
  • Country: Gabon
  • Common name: threadfin
  • Image citation: Freitas, R. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Galeoides decadactylus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. CUMV Fish Collection, 3 records; European Environment Agency (EUNIS DiGR Provider), 6 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 200x. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 743 records; GBIF Sweden: Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 1 records; GBIF-MNHN (Paris): Ichtyologie, 21 records; Harvard University MCZ Fish Collection, 2 records; Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: MfN Fish Collection, Zoology, 1 records; Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 5 records; Royal Ontario Museum - Fish Specimens, 1 records; Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM), 1 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 7 records.  
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  • Family/Species: Katsuwonus pelamis 
  • Countries:Cape Verde, Comoros, Seychelles
  • Common name: skipjack tuna
  • Image citation: Freitas, R. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Katsuwonus pelamis. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data, 2 records; Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 2 records; Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002, 402 records; CUMV Fish Collection, 2 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (via OBIS Australia), 1 record; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 21 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 487 records; Folklore and Natural History Museum: Folklore and Natural History Museum DB, 2 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 1 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish specimen database of Osaka Museum of Natural History, 5 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish specimens of Fisheries Research Laboratory Mie Univeristy, 3 records; Folklore and Natural History Museum: Folklore and Natural History Museum DB, 2 records; GBIF-MNHN (Paris): Ichtyologie, 7 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 80 records; Chavan, VIshwas and C. T. Achuthankutty (editors), IndOBIS Catalogue of Life, Available at http://www.indobis.org/, Retrieved 15, 12, 2006, 4 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 9 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 11 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 80 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 7 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 3 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 1 records; www.taibif.org.tw, Retrieved 15, 12, 2006, 3 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 7 records; CNPE, Portal UNIBIO, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, http://www.unibio.mx,consultada el 15/12/06, 1 records; University of California, Davis Wildlife and Fisheries Museum, 1 records; University of Kansas Fish Collection, 1 records; University of Kansas Fish Tissue Collection, 4 records; University of Washington Fish Collection, 3 records.
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  • Family/Species: Lethrinidae 
  • Countries:Mauritius, Kenya
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Stobbs, R. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Lutjanidae
  • Country: Djibouti
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Merluccius capensis, Merluccius paradoxus
  • Countries: Namibia, South Africa
  • Common name: Shallow-water Cape hake, deep-water Cape hake
  • Image citation: Merluccius capensis: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
  • Distribution citation: Merluccius capensis. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
    www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 256 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies
    Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord, 9 records; iziko South African Museum -
    Fish Collection, 19 records; Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys, 5284
    records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection,
    7 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 1 records; South African Institute
    for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 8 records; The Danish Biodiversity
    Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 1 record.
  • Merluccius paradoxus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 28 records; GBIF-MNHN (Paris): Ichtyologie, 1 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records; Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys, 2797 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 1 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 2 records.
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Merluccius capensis

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Merluccius paradoxus
  • Family/Species: Mobulidae
  • Country: Liberia
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Randall, J. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Mugilidae
  • Country: Egypt
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Mullus surmuletus 
  • Country: Libya
  • Common name: red mullet
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Mullus surmuletus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 878 records; BeBIF Provider: University of Ghent - Zoology Museum - Vertebratacollectie, 3 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 32 records; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 28 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 37 records; I.E.L.(2005). Institut d'Ecologia Litoral Fishes Collections on line databases, 5 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord, 5 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 38 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): National Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket) - Institute of Coastal Research, 2 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 6 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 1 record; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 9 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 1 record; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 30 records; Collection database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, 5 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 5 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 4 records; Countryside Council for Wales, 2 records; Marine Biological Association, 50 records; Marine Conservation Society, 14 records; University of Washington Fish Collection, 1 record.
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  • Family/Species: Penaeus kerathurus
  • Country: Tunisia
  • Common name: tiger shrimp
  • Image citation: FAO
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  • Family/Species: Penaeus notialis
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Common name: Southern pink shrimp
  • Image citation: FAO
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  • Family/Species: Penaeus spp
  • Countries: Benin, Mozambique
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: See Penaeus kerathurus and Penaeus notialis for illustrations of Penaeus spp; illustrations sourced from FAO
    
  • Family/Species: Pseudotolithus elongatus
  • Countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone
  • Common name: bobo croaker
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Pseudotolithus elongatus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. CUMV Fish Collection, 2 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 5 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 1433 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 21 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 2 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 9 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 1 record; Chavan, VIshwas and C. T. Achuthankutty (editors), IndOBIS Catalogue of Life, Available at http://www.indobis.org/, Retrived 15, 12, 2006, 1 record; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 19 records; Texas Natural History Collection. [15, 12, 2006]. On-line specimen database (http://specify.npl.utexas.edu/) published by Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 record.
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  • Family/Species: Rastrelliger kanagurta
  • Country: Tanzania
  • Common name: Indian mackerel
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
  • Distribution citation: Rastrelliger kanagurta. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory, 1 record; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 16 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 431 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 44 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 2 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 1 record; LACM Mammal Collection, 8 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 24 records; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 2 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 19 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (via OBIS Australia), 336 records; Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1 record; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 25 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 7 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 32 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 4 records; www.taibif.org.tw, Retrieved 15, 12, 2006, 13 records; University of Alberta Museums: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection, 1 record; University of Washington Fish Collection, 5 records.
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  • Family/Species: Sardina pilchardus
  • Countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
  • Common name: European pilchard/variations of sardine
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Sardina pilchardus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. BeBIF Provider: University of Ghent - Zoology Museum - Vertebratacollectie, 2 records; Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: MfN Fish Collection, Zoology, 1 record; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 10 records; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 27 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 1169 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 39 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord, 4 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 7 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): National Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket) - Institute of Coastal Research, 1 record; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 8 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 1 record; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 8 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 2 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 21 records; Collection database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, 1 record; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 1 record; Joint Nature Conservation Committee, 1 record; University of Kansas Fish Collection, 1 record; ZOOTRON-5 database at MZNA - UNAV.ES (A.H. Arińo), 1 record.
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  • Family/Species: Sardinella aurita
  • Countries: Senegal, Cote d' Ivoire, Ghana
  • Common name: round sardinella
  • Image citation: Quelch, G. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Sardinella aurita. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. CUMV Fish Collection, 8 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 13 records; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 23 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 1941 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 30 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord,1 record; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 5 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 7 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 32 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 6 records; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 1 record; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 88 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 3 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 8 records; www.taibif.org.tw, Retrieved 15/12/2006, 17 records; Texas Natural History Collection. [15/12/2006]. On-line specimen database (http://specify.npl.utexas.edu/) published by Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 11 records; University of Kansas Fish Collection, 5 records; University of Kansas Fish Tissue Collection, 4 records; UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces, 3 records; University of Alberta Museums: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection, 1 record; University of Washington Fish Collection, 1 record.
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  • Family/Species: Sardinella maderensis 
  • Country: Senegal
  • Common name: Madeiran sardinella
  • Image citation: Freitas, R. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Sardinella maderensis. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. CUMV Fish Collection, 5 records; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 11 records; Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 1483 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 24 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 3 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 5 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 41 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 2 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 5 records; University of Kansas Fish Collection, 1 record.
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  • Family/Species: Sardinella spp
  • Countries: Egypt, Angola, Cameroon, Liberia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Congo, Libya, DRC
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: See Sardinella aurita and Sardinella maderensis for illustrations of Sardinella spp; illustrations sourced from FishBase and author acknowledgements provided

 

    
  • Family/Species: Sardinops ocellatus
  • Country: South Africa
  • Common name: Southern African pilchard
  • Image citation: Bearez, P. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Sardinops ocellatus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 7 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 15 records.
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  • Family/Species: Sciaenidae
  • Country: Guinea Bissau
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Scomber japonicus
  • Country: Morocco
  • Common name: chub mackerel
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
  • Distribution citation: Scomber japonicus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 2055 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 15 records; Centro Nacional Patagonico - CONICET: Ichthyology Collection - CONICET- Argentina, 4 records; CUMV Fish Collection, 7 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 23 records; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 24 records; Folklore and Natural History Museum: Folklore and Natural History Museum DB, 4 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 39 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord, 2 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 2 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Museum of Evolution (Uppsala), 1 record; LACM Mammal Collection, 402 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 19 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Specimens of Museum of Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Japan, 10 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish specimens of Fisheries Research Laboratory Mie Univeristy, 36 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish specimen database of Osaka Museum of Natural History, 184 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 42 records; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 1 record; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 11 records; Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data, 1 record; Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data, 27 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: North Pacific Groundfish Observer, 2 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Demersal and pelagic species from the Patagonian shelf, 9 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database, 8 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database II, 1 record; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Centro Nacional Patagonico Ichthyological Collection, 4 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 22 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 11 records; Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys, 941 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 1 record; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 8 records; SBMNH Vertebrate Collection, 3 records; www.taibif.org.tw, 15/12/2006, 32 records; Texas Natural History Collection. [15/12/2006]. On-line specimen database (http://specify.npl.utexas.edu/) published by Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 10 records; Countryside Council for Wales, 1 record; University of Kansas Fish Collection, 3 records; University of Kansas Fish Tissue Collection, 3 records; UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces, 26 records; University of Alberta Museums: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection, 1 record; University of California, Davis Wildlife and Fisheries Museum, 4 records; University of Washington Fish Collection, 12 records.
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  • Family/Species: Scomberomorus commerson 
  • Country: Madagascar
  • Common name: King mackerel/narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
  • Distribution citation: Scomberomorus commerson. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 500 records; Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory, 1 record; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 6 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 12 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 1 record; LACM Mammal Collection, 9 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 2 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish specimens of Fisheries Research Laboratory Mie Univeristy, 3 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 9 records; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 3 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 13 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (via OBIS Australia), 102 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002, 366 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 7 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 35 records; www.taibif.org.tw, 15/12/2006, 5 records; University of Washington Fish Collection, 3 records.
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  • Family/Species: Scombridae
  • Country: Mauritius
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: See Scomberomorus commerson for image of Scombridae; image sourced from the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
   
  • Family/Species: Siganus spp
  • Country: Kenya
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Winterbottom, R. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Sparidae
  • Country: Libya
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Synodontidae
  • Country: Eritrea
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: Heemstra, P. Copyright South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity
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  • Family/Species: Thunnus albacares 
  • Countries: Cape Verde, Comoros, Seychelles, Reunion (France), St Helena
  • Common name: albacore tuna
  • Image citation: Randall, J.E., 1997. Randall's tank photos.. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. Unpublished. From: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org. Version (10/2006)
  • Distribution citation: Thunnus albacares. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 466 records; Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory, 1 record; Berkeley Natural History Museums: University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider, 1 record; CUMV Fish Collection, 1 record; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 17 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 4 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 14 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 6 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish specimens of Fisheries Research Laboratory Mie Univeristy, 3 records; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 3 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 4 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database, 3 records; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002, 1434 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 2 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 2 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 41 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 1 record; www.taibif.org.tw, 15/12/2006, 4 records; iversity of Kansas Fish Tissue Collection, 3 records; University of Alberta Museums: University of Alberta Ichthology Collection, 1 record; University of California, Davis Wildlife and Fisheries Museum, 1 record; University of Washington Fish Collection, 2 records.

 

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  • Family/Species: Thunnus obesus
  • Country: Seychelles
  • Common name: bigeye tuna
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Thunnus obesus. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 316 records; Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory, 1 record; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 13 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 1 record; LACM Mammal Collection, 1 record; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 1 record; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 3 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 1 record; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (via OBIS Australia), 1 record; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002, 1430 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 5 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 2 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 3 records; www.taibif.org.tw, 15/12/2006, 5 records.
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  • Family/Species: Trachurus capensis 
  • Country: Namibia
  • Common name: horse mackerel
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Trachurus capensis. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 20 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 9 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord, 2 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 1 record; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 1 record; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 1 record; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 28 records; Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys, 3187 records.
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  • Family/Species: Trachurus spp
  • Country: DRC
  • Common name: n/a
  • Image citation: See Trachurus capensis and Trachurus trecae for images of Trachurus spp; images sourced from FAO
    
  • Family/Species: Trachurus trecae
  • Country: Angola
  • Common name: Cunene horse mackerel
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Trachurus trecae. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 88 records; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 5 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 7 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 1 record; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 1 record; Collection database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, 1 record; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 2 records.
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  • Family/Species: Xiphias gladius
  • Country: Reunion (France)
  • Common name: swordfish
  • Image citation: FAO
  • Distribution citation: Xiphias gladius. GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net. 2006-12-19. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (12/2006), 221; Australian Biological Resources Study: Australian Faunal Directory, 1 record; Canadian Museum of Nature, Fish Collection, 3 records; CUMV Fish Collection, 1 record; The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Fish Collection, 26 records; European Environment Agency: EUNIS, 32 records; Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie, 13 records; GBIF-Spain: Museu de Cičncies Naturals, Zoologia, Barcelona: MCNC-Cord, 2 records; The Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM): Fishes (NRM), 9 records; LACM Mammal Collection, 46 records; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection, 23 records; National Science Museum, Japan: Fish Collection of National Science Museum, 2 records; National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS, 2 records; Natural History Museum: Natural History Museum Science Database Collection, 15 records; Collection database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, 1 record; Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes Data, 1 record; Atlantic Reference Centre Museum of Canadian Atlantic Organisms - Invertebrates and Fishes Data, 27 records; Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection, 2 records; EAISSNA - An Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America, 4 records; K. Smedbol, J. Gale, L. Bajona, 2005, Canada Maritimes Regional Cetacean Sightings, 1 record; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002, 1468 records; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection, 4 records; iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection, 14 records; OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums, 9 records; Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens, 15 records; www.taibif.org.tw, 15/12/2006, 1 record; University of Kansas Fish Tissue Collection, 1 record; ZOOTRON-5 database at MZNA - UNAV.ES (A.H. Arińo), 1 record; University of Washington Fish Collection, 1 record.

 

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