Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833

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 : 216

Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 300 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 18-1100 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical and temperate seas of the world. Eastern central Atlantic: known along the entire African slope, off the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and on the sea ridges.