Parananochromis brevirostris Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003

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 : 248

Parananochromis brevirostris Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003

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Nanochromis dimidiatus (non Pellegrin, 1900)

Type-locality: Parananochromis brevirostris – “Small shallow creek about 200 meters downstream of IRET station (on opposite side of river), 00°30’34”N, 12°48’33”E, Ivindo system, Gabon ”. Holotype: AMNH 232536. Paratypes: AMNH 230707 (4, c&s), 230720 (23); BMNH 2002.8.8.4-6 (3); CUMV 87042 (5); MHNG 2640.27 (2), 2640.28 (2); MRAC 73-02-P-2147-150 (4), 93-085- P-0334-0340 (7), A2-11-P-15 through 18 (1, 1, 1, 1); NMW 94630 (3) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 5.12 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

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

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, currently known from scattered localities in the Ivindo and Ntem systems in eastern Gabon and south-eastern Cameroon and from the Ogowe system in the region of Ndjole in western Gabon (Lamboj and Stiassny, 2003).

Figures

Photo 25. – Cichlidae: Parananochromis brevirostris female © Anton Lamboj.