Bryconalestes bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953)

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 : 148

Bryconalestes bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953) (Photo

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Alestes bartoni Nichols & La Monte, 1953 [Synonym: senior, original� Brycinus bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953) [Synonym: senior, new� Type-locality: Alestes bartoni – “Mouila, Ogowe (Ogoue) Valley, Gabon ”. Holotype: AMNH 19654.

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 9.2 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: Pelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) / 2010) Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: described originally from Gabon’s Ngounie River (a tributary of the Ogowe River)

similar specimens have been recently discovered in the lower Ogowe, lower Komo and the Kouilou-Niari Basin in the Republic of the Congo, suggesting that this species has a wider distribution than originally suspected (Fermon and Sidlauskas, pers. com.). However, we considered for now that this species is endemic of Gabon waters.