Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927)

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 : 225

Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 5.74 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: demersal

Depth range:?- 10 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East central Atlantic: known from the seven known specimens from Cameroon (2), Fernando Poo (1), and Banane, Democratic Republic of the Congo (4). Also reported from the Chiloango River in Cabinda ( Angola). Observed during scientific dives in Port-Gentil (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).