Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)

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 : 197

Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 30 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 150-900 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from off Portugal, Madeira, the Azores and the Great Meteor Bank, Mediterranean. Its southern distribution along the west coast of Africa is not clear. It is quite often misidentified as G. imberbis in tropical waters where G. maraldi probably does not occur.