Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948

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 : 215

Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 33 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 50-1000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal distribution in tropical through warm temperate seas. Rather rare in the eastern central Atlantic, but relatively abundant in the north-west and southeast Atlantic and southeast Pacific.