Occurrence: native
Maximum length: 55 cm TL
Water type: marine
Environment: reef associated
Depth range: 30-300 m
Migration: oceanodromous
IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)
Source: bibliography, observation
Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean to the Strait of Gibraltar and South Africa including Madeira and the Canary Islands, but absent from Cape Verde, off Senegal and the Gulf of Guinea. Observed and underwater photograph in February 2012 on rock nearby Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. com.).