Trachinotus goreensis Cuvier, 1832

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

Trachinotus goreensis Cuvier, 1832

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: not well-known distribution, but the species occurs at least from Mauritania to the Gulf of Guinea, Northern Angola and the Cape Verde Islands. Records for Gabon: MNHN 1913-0092, 1978-0292/293 and several human observations. Juveniles and adults were caught by industrial and artisanal fishery of Gabon, juveniles were noticed in rivers’ mouths (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).