Eleotris vittata Duméril, 1861

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 : 221

Eleotris vittata Duméril, 1861

Eleotris maculata Duméril, 1861 [Synonym: junior, original�

Eleotris monteiri O’Shaughnessy, 1875 [Synonym: junior, original� Eleotris dumerilii Sauvage, 1880 [Synonym: junior, original� Type-locality: Eleotris dumerilii – “ Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN A-1665.

Eleotris vittata – “ Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN A-1548.

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 22 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 0-10 m

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from widespread from Sierra Leone to Angola, its northern range may extends to Senegal. Reported southward up to the Kunene in Namibia. Also known from the islands of the Gulf of Guinea, including Bioko, Annobón ( Equatorial Guinea) and São Tome and Príncipe. In Lower Guinea, found in coastal rivers, lagoons, creeks and estuaries and in the lower courses of rivers from the Cross, south to the Loeme, and have been also collected from Ogowe and Komo in Gabon (Fermon, pers. obs.).