Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark, 1871)

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 : 169

Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark, 1871)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 3.1 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 100-1000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from scattered records in Iceland, Ireland, Mediterranean Sea, also from Portugal southward to Namibia. Some records for Gabon: MNHN 196-0671/0673-0675.

STERNOPTYCHINAE