Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 97

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 500 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-200 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2019)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: widespread in temperate and tropical seas. Eastern Atlantic: known from the British Isles to Côte d’Ivoire. Observed in high sea, caught in tuna seines (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). CITES Appendix II.