Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838)

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 : 307

Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838)

Sphoeroides spengleri (non Bloch, 1785) [Misapplied�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length:

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range:?- 100 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal to Angola. One record for Gabon under the name S. marmoratus : UF 233991-1963. Sphoeroides marmoratus is recorded for Gabon under the name of S. spengleri .

Observed during scientific dives in Port-Gentil and Cap Esterias and caught by trawlers along the coast of Gabon (Chartrain, De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).