Diodon holocanthus 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 : 306

Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 50 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 2-200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumtropical. Eastern central Atlantic: known from Liberia to northern Angola, perhaps from Cape Verde Islands to Namibia, 30°N to 23°S. Observed caught by a trawler on the coast of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).