Hirundichthys rondeletii (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 : 270

Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847)

Exonautes rondeletii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) [Synonym: senior, original�

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 30 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-5? m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least Concern (2010)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: subtropical waters of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from occasional to Spain and English Channel, western Mediterranean (a separate population migrates to the south-eastern part in winter), Portugal to Mauritania and from south of Namibia; also off the Cape, South Africa.