Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898)

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 perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 7.1 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-1500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Western Sahara to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Agulhas Water pockets), found in the area west of 08°W and between 28°N and 20°S, but it is absent in the Mauritanian upwelling region, the Gulf of Guinea, and the eastern central and southern Atlantic.