Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883

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 : 304

Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 7.3 (male); 44.0 (female) cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: bathypelagic

Depth range: 0-3085 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: tropical and subtropical parts of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: ranges from Iceland and southern Greenland south to the African coast including the central Atlantic Water Mass as far south as the tip of South Africa (40°S). Records for Gabon: MCZ 50009/500012- 1971.