Aphyosemion kouamense Legros, 1999

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 kouamense Legros, 1999 ( Photo 36 )

Type-locality: Aphyosemion kouamense – “ Edge of Cristal Mountains , 2.5 kilometers north of Nzog Bizeng (Nzogbinzègue), northwestern Gabon, 0°25’N, 10°04’E / Mont de Cristal ”. Holotype: MRAC 99-01-P-1. Paratypes: MRAC 99-01-P-2 to 8 (7) .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 4.2 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, known only from a few localities, along the road from Kougouleu to Medouneu, all in the vicinity of the village of Engong Mouame, in the basin of the Komo River of north-western Gabon.

Figures

Photo 36. – Aphyosemion kouamense © Laurent Chirio.