Hepsetus lineatus (Pellegrin, 1926)

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 : 150

Hepsetus lineatus (Pellegrin, 1926)

Hepsetus odoe (non Bloch, 1794) [Misapplied for Gabon specimens – partly�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 28.3 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: in Lower Guinea, occurs in the Sanaga, Nyong and Ntem rivers ( Cameroon), the entire Ogowe and Nyanga basins ( Gabon) and the Kouilou-Niari and Shiloango basins in the Republic of the Congo. In the Ogowe Basin, H. lineata occurs sympatrically and even syntopically with H. kingsleyae ( Decru et al., 2013) .