Loweina rara (Lütken, 1892)

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 : 192

Loweina rara (Lütken, 1892)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 4.5 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 1-1050 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean: found between 46°N and 26°S, distributed between diagonal 36°N / 32°N and about 05°N, and in the eastern sector between 08°S and 26°S. However, one record has been recorded from 36°S in the Atlantic Ocean; Two regions probably linked in Gulf of Guinea via Equatorial Counter Current system.