Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789

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

Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789

Scomber japonicus non Houttuyn, 1782 [Misapplied for Gabon specimens� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 35.1 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2011)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean. Warm water; eastern and western coasts, including the Mediterranean and southern Black Sea, from 10°N to 16°S in the Gulf of Guinea. Replaced by Scomber japonicus in the Indo-Pacific. Collected by Rossignol et al. (1962) in the south of Cap Lopez at 100-150 m depth (under the name S. japonicus ) and a picture of a specimen at Mayumba the 12 June 2012 and on board of trawlers (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. com.).