Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 307

Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lagocephalus lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Synonym: senior, other rank�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 61 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 10-476 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal: tropical to temperate seas. Eastern Atlantic: found from Orkney Island and the Azores and southward to South Africa.