Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827)

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 : 271

Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827)

Liza ramada (Risso, 1827) [Synonym: senior, new�

Liza alosoides Fowler, 1903 [Synonym: senior, new�

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 70 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: neritic

Depth range: 10-20 m

Migration: catadromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2018)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the Azores, Madeira, and Morocco, northwards to the British Isles and Scandinavia. Reports of C. ramada from Senegal and further south along the African coast are probably misidentifications of Mugilidae . Records for Gabon: MRAC P-88019.0006/0015. The type-locality of Liza alosoides : “ Gabon River, West Africa”. Holotype: ANSP 9771 (1855). Paratypes: ANSP 9772-77 (6) (1855).