Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

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 pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 40.5 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 50-480 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Eastern Atlantic: recorded from Irish waters, the Bay of Biscay and off Portugal. It has also been reported south of the Strait of Gibraltar, from off Morocco, Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea, southward probably to South Africa. It has been reported in Cape Verde.