Aphyosemion hofmanni Radda, 1980

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 : 258

Aphyosemion hofmanni Radda, 1980 ( Photo 34)

Aphyosemion hoffmani Radda, 1980 [Mispelling�

Type-locality: Aphyosemion hofmanni – “Small shallow mountain creek branch, 55 kilometers from the Mimongo-Mbigou Road, near Iméno Mbila, Du Chaillu Massif, southern Gabon / Petite crique de montagne, à 55 kms sur la route Mimongo-Mbigou, près de Iméno Mbila, Massif du Chaillu”. Holotype: MRAC 80-54-P-1536. Paratypes: (52) MRAC 80-54-P-1537-45 (9), 80-54-P-1546-85 (40) .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 5 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, initially only known only from the type locality, a small mountainous brook in the Mbomi drainage system in the central Massif du Chaillu in southern Gabon. Later many populations were collected by aquarists from the type locality to 15 km from the border with Republic of the Congo along the N20 (Van der Zee, pers. com.).