Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)

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 : 193

Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 200 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: epi- to mesopelagic

Depth range: 0-500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from Norway and Greenland to Senegal and south of Angola, also Mediterranean.