Gempylus serpens 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 : 215

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12712378
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E392-3FCE-762D-D9F5EB03F8B6
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scientific name	Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 100 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-1000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Eastern Atlantic: known from the Iberian Peninsula south to South Africa. Record for Gabon: UF 230648-1961 and many human observations.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Gempylidae
Genus	Gempylus

Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829

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