Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)

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

Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 50 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from English Channel to Angola, including the Mediterranean, Madeira, and the Azores. Caught by artisanal and industrial fishery of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).