Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928

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 mollis Tåning, 1928

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 6.6 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: mesopelagic

Depth range: 50-600 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Morocco to Namibia, found throughout the eastern central Atlantic area, but it is absent in the Mauritanian upwelling region, the Gulf of Guinea and the south-eastern sector. Record for Gabon: MCZ 119758-1970.