Scopelarchoides danae Johnson, 1974

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 : 182

Scopelarchoides danae Johnson, 1974

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 12.3 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1850 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal: in tropical to subtropical waters, except Mediterranean Sea. Eastern central Atlantic: known from numerous records within the area, all but one are from stations within the Gulf of Guinea (ca 05°N to 11°S and east of 15°W). Records for Gabon: MCZ 70399, 70424/425, 70412/413-1971.