Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

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 : 103

Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Rhinobatos cemiculus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 [Synonym: senior, original�

Rhinobatos rasus Garman, 1908 [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 242 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 9-100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: CR – Critically endangered (A2d / 2019) Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from northern Portugal to Angola, including the Mediterranean Sea. Observed along the coast and in estuary and delta of Gabon by industrial trawlers and artisanal boats. Juveniles and adults were caught by sport fishermen in the rivers’ mouths (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).