Mugil capurrii (Perugia, 1892)

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 : 272

Mugil capurrii (Perugia, 1892)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 45 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 50-? m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: commonly reported from Morocco to Senegal, but records from Togo suggest the species distribution might extend along the entire West African coast between Morocco and Togo. Old name record for Gabon: MNHN 1997-3912 “Port-Gentil”. Misidentification according to the known distribution of the species and may be M. curema .