Symphurus vanmelleae Chabanaud, 1952

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 : 235

Symphurus vanmelleae Chabanaud, 1952

Symphurus vanmellae Chabanaud, 1952 [Misspellings�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 11.84 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthic

Depth range: 260-945 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East central Atlantic: known from off West Africa, mainly extending from 02°N to 12°S. A record from 14°49’N, 17°43’W (IOS 10873) represents a north-westerly range extension.

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