Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863

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 : 277

Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 85 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 5-30 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: known only from the West African coast between Ghana and the Congo River mouth. Caught by sport fishermen in rivers’ mouths of Gabon (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).