Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)

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 : 281

Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 55 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 30-300 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean to the Strait of Gibraltar and South Africa including Madeira and the Canary Islands, but absent from Cape Verde, off Senegal and the Gulf of Guinea. Observed and underwater photograph in February 2012 on rock nearby Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. com.).