Plataplochilus mimus Lambert, 1967

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 : 266

Plataplochilus mimus Lambert, 1967

Type-locality: Plataplochilus mimus – “ Marigot of the N’Koltang, Gabon ”. Holotype: MRAC 153265. Paratypes: MRAC 153266-78 (13) .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 5.3 cm TL; 3.5 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: only known from the type-locality: “marigot de N”Koltang près de Libreville”. Recent collection extends the distribution from 10 km south and 20 km north (Chirio & Van der Zee, pers. com.). The species was considered also as a synonym of P. ngaensis but differs in colour pattern, several meristic and morphological characters and is genetically well separated. It is actually a valid species.