Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892)

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 : 192

Myctophum affine (Lütken, 1892)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 7.9 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: mesopelagic

Depth range: 0-600 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic endemic: known from Mauritania to the Angola Current and its range in the eastern Atlantic spans between 24°N and 04°S and eastern sector south to 21°S, with tongue-like western extension to 05°W, including the Gulf of Guinea. Records for Gabon: CUMV 64200-1961, MNHN 1964-0472/0473, 0476, 0492, 0502, MCZ 106772-775-1971, 106832-1971.