Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810)

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 : 271-272

Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810) .

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 40 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 10-? m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2018)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the Azores, Morocco, and northwards to the Bay of Biscay. Reports from as far south as Angola are probably misidentifications according to the known distribution, may be C. dumerili .