Plataplochilus ngaensis (Ahl, 1924)

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 : 266-267

Plataplochilus ngaensis (Ahl, 1924) ( Photo 41)

Haplochilichthys ngaensis Ahl, 1924 [Synonym: senior, original� Procatopus ngaensis (Ahl, 1924) [Synonym: senior, new�

Type-locality: Haplochilichthys ngaensis – “Nga-Zuflüssen bei Attogondema, Cameroon [possibly Noya, Gabon �”. Lectotype: ZMB 21041. Paralectotypes: (10) ZMB 21619 (now 8), MNHN 1936-0036 [ex ZMB� (1).

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, known from coastal lowlands of north-western Gabon, where it is found in Noya rivers. Specimens from southern Equatorial Guinea belong from an undescribed species (Van der Zee, pers. com.). Specimens from Komo Basin belong to another undescribed species (Chirio, pers. com.).