Echeneis naucrates, MNHN, 2578

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 : 239

Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 70 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical in marine waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from the Straits of Gibraltar to southern Angola, including the Azores, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verde, Ascension, and St Helena islands ; also found in the Mediterranean, but rare in northern European waters. Caught by tuna seines in the high sea of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).