Katsuwonus pelamis (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 : 213

Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 122.1 cm TL; 110 FL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-260 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2011)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan in tropical and warm-temperate waters. Not found in the Black Sea. Caught by the artisanal and industrial fishery, during the dry season (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.