Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810)

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 : 2252

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930210138359

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scientific name

Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810)
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Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) View in CoL

Irvine name. Auxis thazard (Lacepède) . Misidentification.

Reference material. Accra, June 1931 (Irvine 139)— BMNH 1932.27 .17 (one: 296 mm FL; determined as A. rochei by B. Collette) .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan in warm seas (Collette and Nauen, 1983).

On average about 2500 tonnes of Auxis spp. are caught in the region each year ( FAO, 2000), making them significant fishery species. The two species of Auxis ( A. rochei and A. thazard ) are not too difficult to tell apart if you have fresh material in good condition but old museum material can be difficult to determine.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Scombridae

Genus

Auxis

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