Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)

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 : 125

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
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scientific name	Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)
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Mormyrops sphekodes Sauvage, 1879 [Synonym: senior, original� Brienomyrus sphecodes (Sauvage, 1879) [Synonym: senior, new – Misspellings�

Brienomyrus sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879) [Synonym: senior, new� Paramormyrops sp. “Adouma”

Type-locality: Mormyrops sphekodes – “Ogooué River at Doumé, Gabon ”. Lectotype: MNHN A-0893. Paralectotype: MNHN 1998- 1050.

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 11.38 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: known from Ogowe River and other coastal river basins in Cameroon, Gabon and Republic of the Congo. Many specimens have been identified as P. sphekodes based on similarity with the original specimens ( Rich et al., 2017). However, specimens outside of middle Ogowe near Doumé are not confirmed (Hopkins, pers. com.).