Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828)

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 : 288

Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 30 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 8-128 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2018)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean. Eastern Atlantic: known from Ascension Island and Gulf of Guinea islands of Príncipe, São Tome, and Annobón to Gabon. Record from Equatorial Guinea: UF 137839-1965.