Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson, 1863)

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

Notoscopelus caudispinosus (Johnson, 1863)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 14 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: mesopelagic

Depth range: 0-360 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Morocco to Namibia, between 35°N and 00°S, but it is absent in the Mauritanian upwelling region, Gulf of Guinea and eastern South Atlantic.