Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)

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 : 165

Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 20 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1700 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: occurs in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. In the north-eastern Atlantic and surrounding regional waters, it has been collected off Portugal, Madeira and the Azores. A sole record for Gabon: MCZ 159339-1971 is a probable misidentification.