Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898)

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 : 193-194

Desmodema polystictum (Ogilby, 1898)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 110 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-500 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from 16°11’N to Namibia and South Africa (one specimen washed ashore at Xora River and one found in the tide pool at Simonstown, False Bay), distributed off Senegal, Gambia,

Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone. It also occurs in Angola.