Branchiostegus semifasciatus (Norman, 1931)

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 : 276

Branchiostegus semifasciatus (Norman, 1931)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 50-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Casablanca, Morocco, about 34°N, to Baia dos Tigres, Angola at about 16°S latitude where the cold Benguela Current turns westward; rarely found north of Dakar, Senegal. Observed during the Nansen campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.) and on board of trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).