Hemiramphus balao Lesueur, 1821

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 : 269

Hemiramphus balao Lesueur, 1821

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 40 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 5-? m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Morocco to the Canary Islands and in the Gulf of Guinea from Victoria, Nigeria to south to Luanda, Angola. Report- ed from Côte d’Ivoire. A record for Equatorial Guinea: UF 221717-1965.