Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861

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 : 196

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12712132
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scientific name	Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861
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Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 140 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 50-1000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: South-East Atlantic: known from Baie Farte, Angola around Cape to Natal, South Africa. Several records for Gabon but doubtful according to the known distribution of the species.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Gadiformes
Family	Merlucciidae
Genus	Merluccius

Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861

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