Eustomias obscurus Vaillant, 1884

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 : 176

Eustomias obscurus Vaillant, 1884

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 22.5 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: epi- to abyssopelagic

Depth range: 0-4548 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal and the Azores south to Guinea, and from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Namibia. It extends from the Cape Verde Islands in a south-easterly line to off South Africa, but does not occur in the Gulf of Guinea. One record off Gabon: FB 2744526.