Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira
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The fauna of the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea is of particular interest to many marine biologists because the eastern flowing equatorial currents (the seasonal equatorial countercurrents and the subsurface equatorial undercurrent) link the western Atlantic and the undercurrent) link the western Atlantic and the eastern Atlantic at this latitude.
The fish fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe is known to consist of a mixture of the two faunal regions.
Lutjanus endecacanthus lives on reefs and is found on rocky bottoms and coral reefs, as well as in brackish water lagoons and sometimes in rivers and shallow coastal waters.
Little information is available on the life history of the West African Lutjanidae.
Synonym: Lutjanus modestus Bleeker, 1863
The fish fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe is known to consist of a mixture of the two faunal regions.
Lutjanus endecacanthus lives on reefs and is found on rocky bottoms and coral reefs, as well as in brackish water lagoons and sometimes in rivers and shallow coastal waters.
Little information is available on the life history of the West African Lutjanidae.
Synonym: Lutjanus modestus Bleeker, 1863
