Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904)

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 : 186

Lampichthys procerus (Brauer, 1904)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 10 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-2000 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in the southern hemisphere in the region of the subtropical convergence. Eastern Atlantic: known from south of 23°S. Two isolated records from south of Cape Lopez (00.60°S, 08.75°E) and west of Mayumba (00.38°S, 10.63°E) are questionable.