Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 306

Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 75 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-141 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal. Eastern Atlantic: known from the Mediterranean Sea, Portugal south along West Africa to South Africa, including the offshore island groups. Observed during scientific dives in Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).