Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898

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Chromidotilapia kingsleyae Boulenger, 1898

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Chromidotilapia haugi (Pellegrin, 1919) [Unknown name – partly for C.

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Type-locality: Chromidotilapia kingsleyae – “ Ogowe River , Gabon ”. Lectotype: BMNH 1896.5.5.30 [?36�. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1867.5.3.1 (1), 1899.3.2.6 (1); MNHN 1898-0124 [ex BMNH� (1).

Pelmatochromis haugi ( part) – “ Ogôoué River at Ngomo, Gabon ”. Holotype: MNHN 1919-0009.

Occurrence: native

Maximum length:

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, occurring in the Ogowe system, Gabon. Specimens identified as C. kingsleyae from localities outside the Ogowe basin are presumed to be misidentifications, most often of C. mamonekenei and C. melaniae .