Appendix 6 Inventory of biological data on major demersal fish species off West Africa

Species	Length-Weight Relationship	Maturity		Migration Geographical	Growth	Mortality
		Time	Size
Galeoides decadactylus	C1 LF	x	x		x y
			y	No	y
Pentanemus quinquarius	2		y	No
Epinephelus aeneus	C1 LF			Yes	Mediterranean Seaa
E. gigas	C1 LF			Yes	Mediterranean Seaa
Mycteroperea rubra	C3 LF			?
E. goreensis	C3 LF			Yes	Mediterranean Seaa
Cephalopholis taeniops	C3 LF			?
Pomadasys jubelini	C1 LF			Yes
P. peroteti	C1 LF			?
P. incisus	C3 LF			Yes
Diagramma mediterraneum	C1 LF			Yes
Brachydeuterus auritus	C3 LF
	C4 LF		y	?	y
Parapristipoma octolineatum	C3 LF			Yes
Argyrosoma regius	C1 LT		y	Yes	x
Pseudotolithus elongatus	C2 LT		y	No	y
P. senegalensis	C1 LT		x	No	x y
P. typus	C2 LT		y	No	y
Umbrina canariensis	C3 LT			?
Pseudupeneus prayensis	C1 LT		x	No
Dentex canariensis	C1 LF		y	Yes	y
Dentex filosus	C1 LF			Yes	x
D. macrophthalmus	C1 LF		x	?	x
Pagellus coupei	C1 LF		x y	?	x y
Pagrus ehrenbergi	C1 LF		x y	Yes	x y
Dentex angolensis	C4 LF	y		No	y
Dentex macrophthalmus	C5 LT	x	x	?	y
D. maroccanus	C5 LT			?	x
D. congoensis	C5 LT			?	x
Dentex filosus	C5 LT			Yes	x
Pagellus acarne	C5 LT			?	x
P. coupei	C5 LT	x	y	?	x
Drepane africana	C1 LF			Yes
Syacium micrurum	C1 LT			No
Cynoglossus canariensis	C4 LT			No
Pteroscion peli	C2 LT	y		No	y
Arius gambiensis	C3 LF			No?
Trichiurus lepturus	N5 LT			Yes	x
Balistes capriscus	N6 LT			?
Sepia officinalis	N3 LM			No
Geryon quinquedens	C2 4			?

^a Estimates of parameters available for the same species in that area only

Length-Weight relationship

C - Calculated
N - Not calculated
LF - Fork length
LT - Total length
LM - Mantle length

x - Known for species in the area
y - Known but for species out of the area

Yes - Known
No - No migrations
? - Unknown

1 - Doc. Sci. CRODT, No. 60
2 - Doc. Sci. CRO Pointe Noire
3 - Unpublished data at CRODT
4 - Doc. Sci CRO, Abidjan
5 - Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
6 - Unpublished data at Fishery Research Unit, Tema