Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot, 1861)

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 : 246

Hemichromis elongatus (Guichenot, 1861)

Chromichthys elongatus Guichenot, 1861 [Synonym: senior, original� Hemichromis fasciatus non Peters, 1857 [Misapplied for Gabon specimens� Hemichromis auritus Gill, 1862 [Synonym: junior, original�

Hemichromis frempongi non Loiselle, 1979 [Misapplied for Gabon specimens)

Type-locality: Chromichthys elongatus – “ Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN A-1111.

Hemichromis auritus – “ Gabon River , West Africa ”. Syntypes: A NSP 9036 (1), USNM 4096 (1) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 18.7 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: known throughout the region from Cameroon to the Republic of the Congo, from Sierra Leone to the Congo River, Okavango. The overlap and conspecific with the species Hemichromis fasciatus is unclear: it seems that only H. elong atus is known from Lower Guinea.