Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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 : 108

Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 216.1 cm TL; 147 cm WD

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-217 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2016)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Senegal, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire. A confusion comes from the fact that the adults of F. ukpam look like U. asperrimus , because at maturity they lose their sting and their back is covering with spikes (the local name of F. ukpam in Port-Gentil is “la raie porc épique”) (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).