Kyphosus sectatrix (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 : 297

Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758) [Misspellings�

Kyphosus bosquii (Lacépède, 1802) [Synonym: senior, new] Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 76 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-30 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from south of Morocco to Gulf of Guinea; St. Paul’s Rocks, Ascension and St. Helena . Several human observations for Gabon under the name K. sectator .