Bostrychus africanus (Steindachner, 1879)

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, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 220

Bostrychus africanus (Steindachner, 1879)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 21 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Senegal to Angola, including the islands of Guinea; found in the lower courses of the Cross River in Nigeria, the Kienke and Lobe rivers in Cameroon, coastal sites in the vicinity of Libreville, and from lower courses of river basins from the Kouilou to the Chiloango in the south, in estuaries and other brackish-water environments, from Senegal to Nigeria.