Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896

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 : 227

Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896

Type-locality: Ctenopoma kingsleyae – “ Kondo-Kondo, Ogowe River ”. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.5.5.30-32 (3) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 18.24 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: distributed widely in the forested regions of the Congo River basin and upper and lower Guinean drainages, from Senegal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and widely distributed from the Cross to the Kouilou, but known from relatively few localities in Lower Guinea. Found in many rivers in Gabon (Fermon, pers. obs.).