Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977

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 : 124

Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977

Type-locality: Paramormyrops gabonensis – “ Ivindo River , near M’Passa, Makokou, Gabon ”. Holotype: MRAC 75-24-P-6. Paratypes: MRAC 75-24-P-7-12 (6), 75-24-P-122 (1), 75-24-P-394-95 (2) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 16.3 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (B2ab(iii) / 2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from the Ivindo River of Gabon, the Ntem River of Gabon and southern Cameroon and the Woleu River of Gabon. It is absent from the Ogowe River basin and Congo.