Ctenopoma gabonense Günther, 1896

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 : 226-227

Ctenopoma gabonense Günther, 1896

Ctenopoma nigropannosum non Reichenow , 1875 [Misapplied� Type-locality: Ctenopoma gabonense – “ Gabon and probably Ogowe River”. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.5.13.19 (1), 1868.8.16.11 (1).

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 16.5 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: common throughout much of the Congo Basin. In Lower Guinea only a few specimens (including the types) have been verified from the Ogowe basin. The species was not collected in the region since the early 20 th century (BMNH 1908-5-25: 138, Ogowe River basin, col. W. Ansorge). Specimens have been recently collected in lower Ogowe and is known from the Komo (Fermon, pers. obs.). This species has long been known as Ctenopoma nigropannosum (or Anabas nigropannosus ). The types of C. nigropannosum do not correspond to this species but the types of C. gabonense do, making the latter name the oldest correct designation for this taxon.