Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802

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

Makaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 500 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-1000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2011)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean: known in tropical and temperate waters, between 40°- 45°N and 30°S in the eastern Atlantic. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.