Oxynotus centrina (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 : 99

Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 150 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 40-777 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2d / 2021) Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic and Mediterrane- an (entire coast from Straits of Gibraltar to Israel, but absent from the Black Sea), to South Africa. Observed in trawls along the coast of Gabon ( Springer, 1990; Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).