Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12712750
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scientific name	Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 124 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-350 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2019)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from African coast from Mauritania to Angola and confirmed records for Cape Verde and Ascension Islands. Caught by trawlers, artisanal fishery and the sport fishery, along the coast of Gabon (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Carangidae
Genus	Caranx

Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)

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