Myripristis jacobus 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 : 205

Myripristis jacobus Cuvier, 1829

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-210 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from St. Paul’s Rocks, Cape Verde, Príncipe, Ascension and St. Helena Islands and in the Gulf of Guinea from Ghana to Gabon. A photo of Myripristis jacobus have been taken nearby a wreck in Port-Gentil region (Caillette, pers. com.). This sighting has been confirmed with others observations on Port-Gentil wreck (De Bruyne and Woznia, pers. obs.).