Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

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 : 171

Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 4.3 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 50-1500 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal, in subtropical waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from Portugal to Cape Verde, including the eastern Mediterranean. One record for Gabon: MCZ 138436-1971 to be checked according to the known distribution of the species.