Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905)

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 : 173

Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 30 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 300-2630 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Nunavut south to Bay of Biscay including western Mediterranean. Poorly represented in the eastern central Atlantic with one record off northern Angola and one in the western eastern central Atlantic.