Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930

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 : 196

Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 28 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 991-3000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in both tropical and subtropical seas. It is very widespread in the eastern and western north Atlantic. Records for Gabon: UF 23877-1963, 177231-1973.