Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885

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 : 200

Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 45 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 140-1945 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean: in tropical and warm-temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: known from the Western Sahara including the Canaries, to Namibia.