Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839

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 : 216

Aphanopus carbo Lowe, 1839

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 151 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 200-2300 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2019)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: North Atlantic: known from Iceland to the Canary Islands, including Madeira, the Great Meteor Seamount, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Azores.