Coryphaena equiselis 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 : 243

Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758

Coryphaena hippurus non Linnaeus, 1758 [Misapplied�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 146 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-400 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2011)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Frequently misidentified as juvenile or female of Coryphaena hippurus . Records for Gabon: USNM 307589.5198667-1961, CUMV 53979-1961, USNM 00307589. Caught by a sport fishermen in Port-Gentil (De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.