Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 211

Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 50 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 10-160 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Bay of Biscay where rare and the Mediterranean southward to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Caught by artisanal and industrial fishery along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).