Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)

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 : 308

Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 110 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 3-120 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical. Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul’s Rocks, Cape Verde and Ascension Islands; São Tome Island and Mauritania through the Gulf of Guinea, South Africa. Observed on board of a trawler and during dives in Port-Gentil (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).