Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)

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 : 296

Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)

Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) [Synonym: senior, new�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 50 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 20-1100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Iceland and Norway to the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Guinea, including Madeira, the Azores, and the Canary Islands; also, Walvis Bay, Namibia to Natal, South Africa. Record for Gabon: USNM 202686-1963 and several human observations.