Hemiramphus brasiliensis (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 : 269

Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 55 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-5 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Cape Verde and Dakar, Senegal to Luanda, Angola. Records for Gabon: UF 98331-1968, SAIAB 25645-1985. Regularly caught by artisanal fishermen of Port-Gentil and use as bait by sport fishermen of Port-Gentil (called “Aiguillette”) to fish the marlin and sailfish (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).