Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886

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 : 197

Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886

Bathygadus melanobranchus non Vaillant, 1888 [Misapplied� Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 46.5 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 770-2745 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least Concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean. Eastern Atlantic: known from off Mauritania, Gulf of Guinea, off Morocco and Madeira; also off Cape Town, South Africa. Often confused with Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant, 1888 .