Centrophorus squamosus (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 : 99-100

Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 164 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 145-2400 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: wide distribution: in the eastern Atlantic from Iceland and the Atlantic slope to the Canary Islands, Senegal, Faroes, Madeira, Azores, Gabon to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and western Cape of Good Hope ( South Africa).