Negaprion brevirostris

• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Carcharhiniformes; Carcharhinidae; Negaprion; Negaprion brevirostris; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12710588; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BAE31B3F47762DD8BFEA56F9A4

Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) Occurrence: native Maximum length: 340 cm TL Water type: marine, brackish Environment: reef associated Depth range: 0-92 m Migration: oceanodromous IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bcd / 2021) Source: observation Distribution and remarks: Northeast Atlantic: known from Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and probably wide-ranging off West Africa. Observed at Mayumba and Port-Gentil with juveniles and adults near the coast between Olende and Cap Lopez. Adults were caught in Olende mouth by sport fishermen (De Bruyne, pers. obs.). Published as part of 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, pp. 2-3 in Cybium 46 (2) on page 96, DOI:10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001