Chlopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917)

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 : 115

Chlopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 19.9 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 64-355 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: western Indian Ocean and western Atlantic, also eastern Atlantic. Occurrence off the west coast of Africa is based on larval specimens. A sole record for Gabon: MCZ 70730-1971 must be verified.