Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes, 1830)

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 : 282

Spicara melanurus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 32.8 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 100-250 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Cape Verde and off Senegal. Possibly occurs as far south as Angola. Observed during scientific dives around Cap Esterias (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).