Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 298

Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 110 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 0-70 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known presumably along the coast from Gulf of Biscay (French coast) to the Gulf of Guinea, including Madeira, although reliable records still lacking from Angola, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands; and Mediterranean. Caught by artisanal fishery of Port-Gentil and Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).