Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834

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 : 201

Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 70 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 25-1300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal, excluding the northeast Pacific and Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Atlantic: known from off south-western Europe and the Canary Islands to South Africa. Records of preserved fish for Gabon: MNHN 1992-0466/0467/0458. Many human observations.