Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989

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 : 120

Xenomystax congroides Smith & Kanazawa, 1989

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 87.6 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 140-825 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean: in the western Atlantic, from north-eastern Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the mouth of the Amazon River, including Bahamas and the West Indies. This species is also known from at least 10 specimens of collected in the eastern Atlantic from Liberia to Congo ( Smith, 1989). Additionally, there are museum records of this species from off Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Angola (CAS, NMNH and SAIAB). Preserved specimens for Gabon: USNM 00198630-1963, 00200343-1964, Cat. 2000343-5059957-1964, Cat. 198630-5150369.

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