Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)

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 : 92

Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 1,520 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-2000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2019)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan, frequent in cold to warm temperate waters; rare in equatorial waters. Highly migratory species. Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS, Appendix II (Mediterranean) of the Bern Convention (2002), Appendix I and II of the Bonn Convention (2009), Appendix II CITES, since 28.5.2003.