Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham, 2004

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 : 127

Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham, 2004 ( Photo 9 )

Type-locality: Petrocephalus sullivani – “ Ogooué River near the park of La Lopé, 00°06’S, 11°35’E [0.1°S, 11.58°E �, Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN 2003-0619. Paratypes: CUMV 83120 (2), 88992 (6); MNHN 2002-0266 (10); MRAC A3-06-P-1-7 (7) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 9.31 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, known from the Ntem, the Ogowe Basin, the Ivindo River and the Nyanga River.

Figures

Photo 9. – Mormyridae: Petrocephalus sullivani © Sébastien Lavoué.