Poropanchax scheeli (Roman, 1971)

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 : 267

Poropanchax scheeli (Roman, 1971)

Aplocheilichthys scheeli Roman, 1971 [Synonym: senior, original� Micropanchax scheeli (Roman, 1971) [Synonym: senior, original� Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 4 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from Nigeria to Equatorial Guinea. In Lower Guinea, occurs in lower Lome and Kienke drainages in south-western Cameroon, Rio Utonde and Rio Beni River drainages in Equatorial Guinea. It is known from the Kuramo (lagoon) east of Lagos in south-western Nigeria eastward across the Niger River delta to the Cameroon border and central Equatorial Guinea (Van der Zee, pers. com.). Records for Gabon: MNHN 1997- 0181/0182, 1998-0483 “Animba” are misidentifications with P. stigmatopygus (Chirio and Van der Zee, pers. com.).