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Parananochromis brevirostris Lamboj & Stiassny 2003

Description

Parananochromis brevirostris Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003

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Nanochromis dimidiatus (non Pellegrin, 1900)

Type-locality: Parananochromis brevirostris – “Small shallow creek about 200 meters downstream of IRET station (on opposite side of river), 00°30’34”N, 12°48’33”E, Ivindo system, Gabon ”. Holotype: AMNH 232536. Paratypes: AMNH 230707 (4, c&s), 230720 (23); BMNH 2002.8.8.4-6 (3); CUMV 87042 (5); MHNG 2640.27 (2), 2640.28 (2); MRAC 73-02-P-2147-150 (4), 93-085- P-0334-0340 (7), A2-11-P-15 through 18 (1, 1, 1, 1); NMW 94630 (3).

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 5.12 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (B2ab(iii) / 2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, currently known from scattered localities in the Ivindo and Ntem systems in eastern Gabon and south-eastern Cameroon and from the Ogowe system in the region of Ndjole in western Gabon (Lamboj and Stiassny, 2003).

Notes

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 248, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001, http://zenodo.org/record/13153873

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References

  • LAMBOJ A. & STIASSNY M. L. J., 2003. - Three new Parananochromis species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Gabon, Congo and Cameroon, Central Africa. Zootaxa, 209: 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 209.1.1