Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873

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 : 167

Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 27.6 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1594 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: circum-globally distributed in tropical and subtropical waters and is found primarily between about 40 oN and 30 oS. Eastern Atlantic: known from Portugal south to Gulf of Guinea, Namibia and South Africa.