Ophisurus serpens (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 : 118

Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 250 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range:?- 300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal. Atlantic (northern coast of Iberian Peninsula to South Africa. Caught by trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).