Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007

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 : 237

Caranx fischeri Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter, 2007

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 100 FL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 1-350? m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from African coast from Mauritania south at least to Moçâmedes (Mossamedes) (southern Angola). Records for Gabon: BMNH 1896.5.5.14, CAS 38376-1964, 243843, UF 236340- 2014. Caught by trawlers, artisanal fishery and the sport fishery, along the coast of Gabon (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).