Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 241

Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 70 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-1050 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Mediterranean Sea and Norway to South Africa, round the coast to Maputo. One record for Gabon: UF 236345-2014. Some authors consider the more southern population (Gulf of Guinea to South Africa), for which the name Trachurus capensis is available, to be sub-specially distinct but differences appear to be only clinal variation.