Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)

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 : 238

Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 46 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-400 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: a circumtropical species. Eastern Atlantic distribution not well known, but definitely known from the Azores, Madeira, Canary (rare), Cape Verde, Ascension, and St Helena Islands , and the Gulf of Guinea. One record for Gabon: ROM 63350-1967 “Golf de Guinée, Océan Atlantique”.