Paroncheilus affinis (Poey, 1875)

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 : 219-220

Paroncheilus affinis (Poey, 1875)

Apogon affinis (Poey, 1875) [Synonym: senior, new�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 11 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 20-300 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: central Atlantic. Eastern central Atlantic: known from Gulf of Guinea, from Côte D’Ivoire to northern Angola and reported from Cape Verde. Observed during the Nansen campaign of 2014 ( Michalsen et al., 2015) (De Bruyne, pers. com.).