Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950

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

Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 80 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 50-910 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from off the coast of tropical West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola. Range reported to extend to off South-West Africa near Cape Frio, Namibia. Caught during the Nansen Campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.).