Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)

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 : 125

Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)

Brienomyrus hopkinsi Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985 [Synonym: senior, original�

Type-locality: Brienomyrus hopkinsi – “ Ivindo River , near Makok- ou, Gabon, western Africa ”. Holotype: MRAC 84-34-1. Paratypes: MRAC 84-34-2 and 3 (2) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 15.6 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

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

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: common in the Ivindo River of Gabon, the type locality, and also reported from the Ntem River. However, EODs from Ntem specimens are different and these specimens may belong from an undescribed species (Hopkins, pers. com.)