Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes, 1840

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 : 159

Synodontis nigrita Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 33.5 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from the Ntem and Cross River basins in Lower Guinea, and known from the Chad, Niger, Senegal, Gambia, Casamance, Geba, Kolente and Volta basins. Found also on the coastal rivers from Ghana to Nigeria and in the Nile and Benoue basins. A sole old record for Gabon: MNHN A-4023 “Doumé” (Marche and Savorgnan de Brazza) is a probable misidentification according to the known distribution of the species.