Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)

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 : 167

Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 7.6 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 200-5301 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: widely distributed in all Atlantic. A circumglobal species which is found in subtropical to polar waters of both the northern and southern hemispheres. Some records for Gabon: MNHN 1962-0608/0609/0614- 0616.