Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847)

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 : 269-270

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E3C8-3F95-762D-D9CFEEC9FED4
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scientific name	Cheilopogon melanurus
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Cheilopogon melanurus View in CoL (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 32 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-20 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: tropical Atlantic Ocean. Eastern Atlantic: known from Senegal to Liberia. Reported from

São Tome Island. One record for Gabon: MCZ 156602- 1971.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Beloniformes
Family	Exocoetidae
Genus	Cheilopogon

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