Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951

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 : 299

Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 45 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-40 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cape Verde Islands, São Tome Island. More common in Ghana. Records exist in collections for Angola and Namibia but need to be confirmed and published. Observed during scientific dives around Port-Gentil and Cap Esterias (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).