Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810)

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 : 298

Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 75 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathydemersal

Depth range: 75-1200 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the British Isles and Portugal to western Sahara, including Madeira and the Canary Islands, and from the Namibia ( Gabon) to South Africa.