An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon
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Fermon, Yves
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Bailly, Nicolas
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Cardiec, Floriane
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Causse, Romain
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Chartrain, Emmanuel
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Chirio, Laurent
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Bruyne, Godefroy De
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Deynat, Pascal
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Hopkins, Carl D.
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Lamboj, Anton
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Mennesson, Marion I.
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Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve
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Paugy, Didier
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Sidlauskas, Brian
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Sullivan, John P.
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Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De
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Vigliotta, Thomas R.
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Zee, Jouke Van Der
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Cybium
2022
46
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10904647
journal article
10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
2101-0315
Urogymnus asperrimus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Occurrence: questionable
Maximum length:
216.1 cm
TL;
147 cm
WD
Water
type
: marine, brackish
Environment: reef associated
Depth range:
1-217 m
Migration: unknown
IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2016)
Source: bibliography
Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from
Senegal
,
Guinea
, and
Côte d’Ivoire
. A confusion comes from the fact that the adults of
F. ukpam
look like
U. asperrimus
, because at maturity they lose their sting and their back is covering with spikes (the local name of
F. ukpam
in Port-Gentil is “la raie porc épique”) (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).