Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)

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 : 236

Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 516.2 cm TL; 465 FL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-915 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2011)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: tropical Indo-Pacific, and occasionally enters temperate waters. Stray individuals migrate into the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Cape of Good Hope, but the existence of Atlantic breeding stocks is unlikely. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.