Echinorhinus brucus (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 : 101

Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 310 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 10-900 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2020)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: recorded sporadically and usually singly at widely dispersed localities. Eastern Atlantic: known from North Sea to Mediterranean, Morocco to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.