Hepsetus kingsleyae Vreven, Decru & Snoeks, 2013

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

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https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001

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scientific name

Hepsetus kingsleyae Vreven, Decru & Snoeks, 2013
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Hepsetus kingsleyae Vreven, Decru & Snoeks, 2013 View in CoL

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

Type-locality: Hepsetus kingsleyae – “Lac Ndeguelie, bassin Ogooué, 00°41.93’S, 10°10.05’E. Lower Ogowe, Gabon ”. Holotype: MRAC A0-048-p-1498. Paratypes: Several at MRAC.

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 21.95 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: endemic to the Ogowe River basin in Gabon; known from lakes in contact with the Ogowe main channel, or in rivers close to the lakes; not recorded from the Ngounie ( Decru et al., 2013).

DECRU, E., VREVEN E. J. & SNOEKS J., 2013. - A revision of the Lower Guinean Hepsetus species (Characiformes; Hepsetidae) with the description of Hepsetus kingsleyae sp. nov. J. Fish Biol., 82: 1351 - 1375. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12079

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Characiformes

Family

Hepsetidae

Genus

Hepsetus