Conocara macropterum (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 : 131

Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888)

Conocara macroptera (Vaillant, 1888) [Grammar agreement� Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 34 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 797-2677 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Irish Atlantic slope, Ireland and southern Bay of Biscay to Guinea. Three records for Gabon: MNHN 1987-0953/0969, 1585-1980 are probable misidentifications according to the known distribution of the species.