Astronesthes niger Richardson, 1845

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 : 173

Astronesthes niger Richardson, 1845

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 16 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean, namely FAO Areas 34 and 47. This species occurs in the north-western parts of the eastern central Atlantic and from off Gabon, Congo and Ghana coasts. Records for Gabon: MCZ 133271-1971, MNHN 1962-0769/0770.