Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915

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 : 292

Uranoscopus albesca Regan, 1915

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 35 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthic

Depth range: 30-350 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Gabon to Angola, but possibly more widespread. Recorded during the Nansen Campaign of 2014 along the coast of Gabon ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.).