Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843)

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 : 215

Taractichthys longipinnis (Lowe, 1843)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 100 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Iceland and Norway southward to off Pointe-Noire, Gulf of Guinea and Namibia. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.