Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

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 : 204

Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829 [Synonym: senior, other rank�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 42 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 100-1466 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan. Eastern Atlantic: known from of the African coast from Morocco south to Senegal, including the Islands of Madeira, Canaries, Azores, Cape Verde and the Great Meteor Seamount, and from Senegal south to northern Angola.