Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 217

Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 234 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 0-589 m

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical and temperate waters of the world. Eastern Atlantic: known from southern England south, throughout the Mediterranean, along West Africa from Morocco to South Africa. According to genetic evidence, its distribution in the eastern Atlantic likely represents an undescribed species. Caught by artisanal and industrial fishery of Gabon (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).