Nansenia atlantica Blache & Rossignol, 1962

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 : 164

Nansenia atlantica Blache & Rossignol, 1962

Type-locality: Nansenia atlantica – “Off Gabon, west of Pointe Ste. Catherine, 01°55’S, 8°30’E, depth 250-300 m; west of Mayumba, 03°36’S, 09°10’E, depth 130-180 meters”. Syntypes: (2) whereabouts unknown.

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 16.8 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-580 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: an endemic species to the area between 20°N to 10°S. Records for Gabon. FB 2738251-252.