Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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 : 90

Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 140 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 0-1000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (A2bd / 2020)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: wide-ranging in all tropical and temperate seas except Eastern North Pacific. Usually regarded as dispersed, reported as aggregated or common in a few areas. Eastern Atlantic: known from Morocco to western South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea.