Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)

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 : 242

Phtheirichthys lineatus (Menzies, 1791)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 76 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-100 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters but rare in the Atlantic Ocean. Eastern central Atlantic: known from the Azores and Ghana, from the Iberi- an Peninsula along West Africa to South Africa. One record for Gabon: MRAC P-88019.0144.