Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961

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 : 251

Atherina lopeziana Rossignol & Blache, 1961

Type-locality: Atherina lopeziana – “ Point Clairette , northern of Cape Lopez, Gabon ”. Syntypes: MNHN 1961-0311 (16). Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 8 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range: 0-5 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2015)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from the Gulf of Guinea to the Bay of Biafra and offshore archipelago. It has also been reported from Cape Verde.