Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866

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 : 295

Scorpaena laevis Troschel, 1866

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 35 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthic

Depth range: 15-90 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Mauritania to Pointe-Noire, Congo and including the Azores, and Cape Verde. Observed during scientific dives around

Cap Esterias and caught by board of a trawler along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain, De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).