Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

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 : 108-109

Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Pteromylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [Synonym: senior, new�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 222 cm WD

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 10-150 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: CR – Critically Endangered (2021)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal and Morocco to Angola, including the Mediterrane- an, Madeira and the Canary Islands; then from Saldanha Bay to Natal ( South Africa) and southern Mozambique. Juveniles and adults were observed along the coast of Gabon and caught by industrial trawlers and artisanal boats (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).