Syngnathus pelagicus 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 : 219

Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 18.1 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-73 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: widely distributed in the western Atlantic Ocean. Records outside these areas are considered misidentifications. Eastern Atlantic: known from Mauritania to Gabon. Taxonomic status of the eastern Atlantic population (from Mauritania to Gabon) needs further study.