Etmopterus spinax (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 : 98

Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 60 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 200-2490 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Iceland, Norway, and the western Mediterranean to Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, Cameroon to Gabon, Azores, Cape Verde, and Cape Province, South Africa.