Psenes arafurensis Günther, 1889

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 : 210

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scientific name	Psenes arafurensis Günther, 1889
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Psenes benardi Rossignol & Blache, 1961 [ Synonym GoogleMaps : junior, original� Type-locality: Psenes benardi – “ West of Mayumba, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea, 03°38’S, 09°22’E, depth 450-650 meters”. Holotype: MNHN 1961-306. Paratypes: MNHN 1961-0307 (2).

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-650 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobally distributed in warm waters of all oceans. Records for Gabon: paratypes of P. benardi, FB 164702 “Ouest de Mayumba”, FB 2740615.

Recorded by the Nansen campaign (2013) ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.).