Synodontis woleuensis Friel & Sullivan, 2008

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 : 160

Synodontis woleuensis Friel & Sullivan, 2008

Type-locality: Synodontis woleuensis – “ Ébeigne , Woleu River at bridge on Oyem-Mitzic Road , 1.4500°N, 11.5980°E, Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon / Rivière Woleu au pont sur ta route Oyem-Mitzic , Province du Woleu-Ntem, Ébeigne ”. Holotype: CUMV 90993. Paratypes: ZMNH 239445 (1); CUMV 80633 (12); MRAC A1-070-P-2755-2763 (9); SIAB 79462 (1) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 6.47 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known only from the Woleu River of Gabon (in Equatorial Guinea called the Mbini or Uoro River on modern maps, or the Benito River on older maps) and the Kye (Kie) River, a tributary of the Ntem River, that runs along the border between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (Friel and Sullivan, 2008).