Bathygobius burtoni (O’Shaughnessy, 1875)

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 : 223

Bathygobius burtoni (O’Shaughnessy, 1875)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 8 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 0-5 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (B2ab(iii) / 2015)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Ghana (Tema), Cameroon (Victoria), and the islands of Macias Nguena and São Tome in the Gulf of Guinea. Observed during scientific dives around Cap Esterias (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).