Diretmichthys parini (Post & Quéro, 1981)

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 : 204

Diretmichthys parini (Post & Quéro, 1981)

Diretmoides parini Post & Quéro, 1981 [Synonym: senior, original� Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 40 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-2100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least Concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: broadly distributed in tropical and temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from off Morocco to Sierra Leone and from Angola to South Africa. Caught by the Nansen campaign of 2014 but must be verified according to the known distribution of the species ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.).