Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

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 : 238

Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 65 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-110 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Spain to Angola. Regularly caught by the artisanal fishery, especially with beach seine at Cap Lopez and with trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).