Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954)

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 : 306

Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus (Le Danois, 1954)

Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Synonym: senior, other rank� Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus (non Linnaeus, 1758) [Misapplied for East Atlantic specimens�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length:

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range:?- 100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Cabo Blanco, Mauritania to Angola, with possible strays to South Africa. Observed during scientific dives and caught regularly by trawlers (Chartrain, De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).