Malapterurus oguensis Sauvage, 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 : 156

Malapterurus oguensis Sauvage, 1879

Malapterurus electricus oguensis Sauvage, 1879 [Synonym: senior, original�

Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) [Misapplied for Gabon specimens�

Type-locality: Malapterurus electricus oguensis – “ Ogôoué River at Doumé, Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN A-0889.

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 21.5 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic reported from the Ivindo River (Ogowe River drainage) and the Nyanga River and Kouilou-Niari system. It has not been verified from the upper (southern) Ogowe River. It is an upland species, generally not found in lowland habitats, where it appears to be replaced by M. beninensis . A review of the genus took place in 2002 (Norris), which divided the Gabonese species into two species: Malapterurus oguensis and M. beninensis . Type locality not in Congo but in Gabon, collected by A. Marche during the P. Savorgan de Brazza expedition in 1876.