Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)

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 : 191

Benthosema suborbitale (Gilbert, 1913)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 3.9 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 50-2500 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters, but with a distinct equatorial gap in the Pacific. Eastern Atlantic: known from Morocco to Mauritania and from Liberia to Namibia (absent in Mauritanian upwelling region).