Hylopanchax silvestris (Poll & Lambert, 1958)

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 : 265

Hylopanchax silvestris (Poll & Lambert, 1958)

Hypsopanchax silvestris Poll & Lambert, 1958 [Synonym: senior, original� Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 4 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NE – Not evaluated

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from Central Congo River basin and Lualaba in Democratic Republic of the Congo. A sole record for Gabon: MNHN 1984-0594 (1979) “Makokou” is a probable misidentification, and belongs to one of the two described in Bragança et al. (2020) (Van der Zee, pers. com.).