Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)

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 : 178

Pachystomias microdon (Günther, 1878)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 22.1 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: meso- to abyssopelagic

Depth range: 660-4000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: circumglobally distributed in tropical to temperate zones. Eastern Atlantic: known from scattered records from 50°N- 31°N, then between 16°N- 18°S and from 28°S- 37°S but not taken close to the continent south of the equator, from Senegal to Namibia, including Ascension and St. Helena Islands.