Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833

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 rivoliana Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 177.6 cm TL; 160 FL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 5-245 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical in marine waters, entering temperate waters in some areas. Eastern Atlantic distribution not well known, but the species is definitely known only from southern England, the Azores, Portugal, Madeira, Cape Verde, Canary, São Tome and Príncipe Islands (Gulf of Guinea), Ascension, and along the African coast from Morocco to at least southern Angola. Several human observations for Gabon. Caught by sport fishermen along the coast of Gabon, using mostly jigs (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).