Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)

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 : 213

Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 101.4 cm TL; 91.4 FL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 80-200 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2011)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Oslo, Norway to Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Caught by the artisanal and industrial fishery, during the dry season (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).