Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

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

Caranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817

Decapterus rhonchus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [Synonym: senior, new�

Caranx angolensis Fowler, 1919 [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 30-200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Morocco to Angola, including the Mediterranean along the African coast. Range reported to extend south to Namibia. Caught during the Nansen campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.) and observed on board of trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).