Aphyosemion mimbon Huber, 1977

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 : 259

Aphyosemion mimbon Huber, 1977

Type-locality: Aphyosemion mimbon – “ Small running brook, in Akoga village , about 55 kilometers from Médouneu, flowing into the Mvé in 150 meters further down, Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN 1978-0146. Paratypes: MNHN 1978-0147 (2), 1978-0148 (6), 1981-0866 (19); MZN (13) .

Occurrence: native

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, found in brooks and small streams in the hilly rainforest of north-western Gabon in the upper Mbei (or Mbe, or Mve), upper Komo, upper Abanga and upper Nkam Rivers, and in central south-eastern Equatorial Guinea except in coastal plain. In south-east, it is replaced by A. cameronense (Van der Zee, pers. com.).