Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902

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 : 177

Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 24.1 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 40-1600 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal species that inhabits subtropical to temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from between 41°N and 28°N, one record at about 30°N, 18°W, and west of South Africa.