Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

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 : 237

Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [Grammatical agreement�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 100 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range:?- 70 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from off Morocco to Angola, including southern parts of the Mediterranean. Caught by trawlers and artisanal fishery along the coast of Gabon (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).