Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

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 : 239

Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 180 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-150 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical in marine waters. Eastern Atlantic distribution not well known, but species definitely known from the Azores, Canary (very rare), Cape Verde, Ascension and St Helena islands , and Senegal to southern Angola. Caught by trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).