Microchirus ocellatus (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 : 233

Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 20 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthic

Depth range: 30-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East central Atlantic: known from Mediterranean, Madeira, Spain, Canary Islands to Sierra Leone; West Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa, and South Madagascar. Some records for Gabon are available.