Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)

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 : 241-242

Uraspis secunda (Poey, 1860)

Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938 [Synonym: junior, original�

Uraspis cadenati Blache & Rossignol, 1962 [Synonym: junior, original� Uraspis helvola (non Günther, 1860) [Misapplied�

Type-locality: Uraspis cadenati – “ Off Gabon River mouth, Gabon, depth 40 meters”. Holotype: MNHN 1961-0308

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 50 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 1-36 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in warm waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from Mauritania to Angola; also Algoa Bay, South Africa. Caught by a tuna seiner in the high sea of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Adults of Uraspis helvola and U. secunda are virtually impossible to distinguish although juvenile characters involving allometric growth patterns suggest that they may be distinct species. If subsequent studies indicate that these 2 nominal species are conspecific, the oldest available name is Uraspis helvola .