Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829)

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 : 293

Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 75 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 10-390 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2018)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: South-East Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Cape Fria, Namibia to Maputo, Mozambique. Record during the Nansen campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.) and on board of trawlers which extend the distribution to the north in Eastern Atlantic (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).