Scopelosaurus argenteus (Maul, 1954)

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

Scopelosaurus argenteus (Maul, 1954)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 21.4 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: mesopelagic

Depth range: 100-600 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from off north-western Africa, including Azores, Madeira, southern Portugal, and Bay of Biscay; more rarely in equatorial Africa, known from Morocco south to Equatorial Guinea, as well as Cape Verde, Ascension and St Helena .