Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876

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 : 300

Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 45 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 5-200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2012)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the coasts of Morocco to Angola, including Cape Verde archipelagos and the Canaries Islands. Observed during scientific dives around Port-Gentil and Cap Esterias and caught by trawlers on the coast of Gabon (Chartrain, De Bruyne, and Wozniak, pers. obs.)