Parexocoetus hillianus (Gosse, 1851)

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 : 271

Parexocoetus hillianus (Gosse, 1851)

Parexocoetus brachypterus (non Richardson, 1846) [Misapplied� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 15.5 cm TL; 12.5 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-20 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: Atlantic Ocean. Tropical eastern Atlantic: known along the West coast of Africa between 12°N and 11°S. One record for Gabon: MCZ 156681-1971. Might be a different (sub)-species for East Atlantic specimens. Sometimes confused with P. brachypterus .