Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)

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 : 240

Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)

Seriola carpenteri non Mather, 1971 [Misapplied�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 190 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-360 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal. Eastern Atlantic: known from the British coast (vagrant) to Morocco and the Mediterranean. Distribution in eastern central Atlantic along the African coast is not well established due to past confusion with Seriola carpenteri . Caught by sport fishermen along the coast of Gabon, using mostly jigs (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).