Trachinotus ovatus (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 : 241

Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Trachinotus glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [Synonym: junior, new�

Trachinotus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Synonym: junior, new� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 70 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 50-200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Bay of Biscay, British and Scandinavian waters (rare vagrant) to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea and offshore Islands. Juveniles regularly caught by beach seine at Cap Lopez (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).