Microctenopoma nanum (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 : 228

Microctenopoma nanum (Günther, 1896)

Ctenopoma nanum Günther, 1896 [Synonym: senior, original� Microctenopoma congicum (non Boulanger, 1887) [Misidentification] Type-locality: Ctenopoma nanum – “ Gabon River, western Africa”. Syntypes: BMNH 1868.8.16.9-10 (2).

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 6.67 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: found throughout forested central Africa, including much of the Congo River basin with exception of the Mweru-Luapula-Bangweulu system, and known from the Sanaga to the Chiloango River in Lower Guinea.