Polyacanthonotus challengerii (Vaillant, 1888)

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 : 112

Polyacanthonotus challengerii (Vaillant, 1888)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: Bathypelagic

Depth range: 777-4560 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: Preserved

Distribution and remarks: Circumglobal: Eastern Atlantic: Known from off Gabon. More probably the larvae of a Notacanthus species after Smith (1989). Confirmation work/

publication still needed. A sole record for Gabon: MCZ 61273-1971 needs verification.