Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789

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 : 309

Balistes punctatus Gmelin, 1789

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 0-200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: confined to the eastern Atlantic, along the African coast from southern Morocco to Moçâmedes (Mossamedes) ( Angola) and around Madeira, the Canary and Cape Verde Islands. Observed during scientific dives around Cap Esterias and caught by trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain, De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).