Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

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

Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906 [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 121 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 100-1500 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2d / 2018)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from off the Azores in the North to off South Africa in the south. A sole record for Gabon under the name C. cryptacanthus is a probable misidentification regarding the known species distribution.