Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829

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 : 276

Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, 1829

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 50 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 10-250 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: tropical and tropically influenced areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Eastern Atlantic: known from Madeira to Namibia and Mediterranean Sea. Observed during the Nansen campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.) and on board of trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).