Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829)

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 : 190

Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829)

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 7.5 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 80-1085 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the British Isles to Mauritania including western Mediterranean, but isolated specimens to Liberia and South Africa. Native for IUCN.