Merluccius senegalensis 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 senegalensis Cadenat, 1950

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 81 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 15-800 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from western North Africa from Cape Cantin (33°N) to Cape Roxo (10°N). Several records for Gabon but doubtful according to the known distribution of the species.