Occurrence | misidentification | ||
Importance | highly commercial | Ref. | Maigret, J. and B. Ly, 1986 |
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Migrates along the West African coast following the water masses. Annual catch is in the order of 120,000 tons in the Senegalese-Mauritanian region (Ref. 5377). Also Ref. 168. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html |