Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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

Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 573 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: epi- to bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-650 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2019)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical seas. Observed in Congo, (De Bruyne, pers. obs.)

and present in Gabon (Mve Beh, pers. obs.). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 UNCLOS.