Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 195

Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 90 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 5-400 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: worldwide in distribution. Eastern Atlantic: known from Norway to South Africa, also the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Caught by industrial fishery of Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).