Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831

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 : 237-238

Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 112.1 cm TL; 101 FL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-140 m

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2019)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: recorded from Madeira, Canary Islands, Ascension Island, Cape Verde

Islands, and the Gulf of Guinea to Gabon. Caught by trawlers, artisanal fishery and the sport fishery, along the coast of Gabon (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).