Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852)

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 : 195

Zenopsis conchifer (Lowe, 1852)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 80 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 50-600 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the northern British Isles south to the Bay of Biscay and south along West Africa to South Africa including Madeira, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Azores and the São Tome and Príncipe Islands. Caught during the Nansen campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.).