Taeniurops grabatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

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 : 107

Taeniurops grabatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)

Taeniura grabata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [Synonym: senior, new� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 250 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 10-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (A2d / 2021)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Canary Islands and Mauritania to Angola. Juveniles and adults were observed along the coast of Gabon and caught by industrial trawlers and artisanal boats (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).

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