Fodiator acutus (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

Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 18 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-? m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East tropical Atlantic: known along the African coast from Mauritania to Walvis Bay, Namibia, including Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea islands. It has also been recorded off São Tome.