Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960

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 : 185-186

Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 96 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 640-1591 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal. Widespread in the eastern central Atlantic but recorded mainly between 05°N and south of the equator, recorded off the coast of West Africa.