Diaphus dumerilii (Bleejer, 1856)

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 : 189

Diaphus dumerilii (Bleejer, 1856)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 8.7 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: mesopelagic

Depth range: 0-805 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic, probably an Atlantic endemic: Canary Islands, 20°N (inshore from 29°N) to about 10°S west of 00°, with disjunct distribution between 14°N and 08°N, but to 23°S east of 00°.