Malapterurus beninensis Murray, 1855

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 : 156

Malapterurus beninensis Murray, 1855

Malapterurus electricus (non Gmelin, 1789) [Misapplied for Gabon specimens�

Malapterurus minjiriya non Sagua, 1987[Misapplied for Gabon specimens� Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 22.3 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from Ghana to Angola. It is also present on the island of Fernando Po, found from the Cross River to the Chiloango, mostly in lowland habitats, distributed along the coastal plain of central and West Africa from the lower Volta River in Ghana to the Shiloango River. A review of the genus took place in 2002 (Norris), which divided the Gabonese species into two species: Malapterurus oguensis and M. beninensis .