Astronesthes macropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970

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 : 172

Astronesthes macropogon Goodyear & Gibbs, 1970

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 14 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-2000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Morocco south to Angola. Occurs in the north-western parts of the eastern central Atlantic and from off the Gabon and Congo coasts. Record for Gabon: MCZ 133330/31-1971.