Rhinoptera marginata (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 : 109

Rhinoptera marginata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 200 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range:?- 100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: CR – Critically Endangered (A2d / 2021) Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from southern Spain to Senegal, including the Mediterranean. Recorded at Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. com.). Juveniles and adults were observed along the coast of Gabon and caught by industrial trawlers and artisanal boats, often in schools (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).