Psychrolutidae

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 : 296

Psychrolutidae

PSYCHROLUTINAE

Cottunculus thomsonii

(Günther, 1882)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 43 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthic

Depth range: 100-1600 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean: East coast of North America, and from North Atlantic ( Iceland and northern Scotland) south to north West Africa (off Mauritania). Several human observations for Gabon must be verified according to the known distribution of the species.