Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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 : 273

Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 23 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-10 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: distributed from Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and the coast of West Africa south to Equatorial Guinea. Observed during scientific dives around Cap Esterias (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.). However, reports from the eastern Atlantic require taxonomic review.