Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868)

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 : 122

Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 30 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: found in the Nile, Chad and Niger River basins, and in coastal drainages in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo and Benin. It is apparently absent from the Volta and from Côte d’Ivoire. In Lower Guinea occurs in the Wouri River, Cameroon and in the Ogowe River and coastal drainages in Gabon (Hopkins, in Stiassny et al., 2007b).