Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901

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 : 134

Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25 cm TL

Water type: freshwater;

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: known only in West Africa from a restricted area between the Niger Delta ( Nigeria) and Lake Nokoué ( Benin) to Cross River ( Cameroon) including the Ogun, Osse and Niger Delta. Elsewhere, the species also occurs in the central basin of the Congo, in the middle Congo River basin in Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Observed for the first time in the upper reaches of the Ogowe River (Mve Beh, pers. obs.).