Nannocharax altus Pellegrin, 1930

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 : 144

Nannocharax altus Pellegrin, 1930

Type-locality: Nannocharax altus – “ Kouilou River , Gabon ”. Syntypes: MNHN 1929-0242 (17, now 14?); MRAC 20646 (1);?MSNM 2018 [ex MSNM 4471 and MNHN� (1), USNM 92963 [ex MNHN 1929-0242� (1).

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 5.8 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: pelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

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

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, mainly known from the Kouilou River basin in the Republic of the Congo but with one record for Gabon: CUMV 86426 in 2001, “ 27 km de Tchibanga sur la route de Digoudou.” This record must be checked and must be misidentification (Paugy, pers. com.).