Normichthys operosus Parr, 1951

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 : 133

Normichthys operosus Parr, 1951

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 16.4 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 780-5000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Iceland and western part of British Isles to Portugal including Azores Island (northern and western boundaries apparently following the 1000 m isotherm for 04°C and the southern boundary for 05°C); and from the Canary Islands to Senegal, Gulf of Guinea and Angola.