Chromidotilapia mrac Lamboj, 2002

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 : 244

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

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scientific name

Chromidotilapia mrac Lamboj, 2002
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Chromidotilapia mrac Lamboj, 2002 View in CoL ( Photo 21)

Type-locality: Chromidotilapia mrac – “ Mikouma River , 00°40’05”S, 10°20’11”E, Oogoue basin, Gabon ”. Holotype: AMNH 230356. Paratypes: AMNH 230357 (5), 230725 (5); MRAC 96-39-P-2-4 (3), 99-31-P-9-12 (4, 1 c&s) GoogleMaps .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 9.22 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, occurring in the Ogowe and Nyanga rivers and coastal regions north of Libreville, Gabon ( Lamboj, 2002).

LAMBOJ A., 2002. - Chromidotilapia mrac, a new species of cichlidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from Northern Gabon and the Oogoue-River system in Gabon, Central Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshw., 13: 251 - 256.