Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892

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 : 212

Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 15.5 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 250-1370 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: western Atlantic, United States to Brazil, continental shelf and Islands of the Caribbean in the west to central Atlantic. A tentative identification of a juvenile from off Nigeria (05°56’N, 04°03’E) extends the species range to the Eastern Atlantic.