Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911)

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 : 175

Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 18 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: epi- to abyssopelagic

Depth range: 0-4900 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: occurs from Portugal and the off Azores, south to the Canary Islands and Mauritania and off Gabon and Namibia. A sole record for Gabon: BMNH 1988-2-25-15 “Large du Cap Lopez” is a probable misidentification.