Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810)

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 : 213

Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 122 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-150 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2011)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean: known in tropical and subtropical waters, including the Mediterrane- an, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Guinea and West Africa. Caught by the artisanal and industrial fishery, during the dry season (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.