Parananochromis ornatus Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003

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 : 248

Parananochromis ornatus Lamboj & Stiassny, 2003 (Photos

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Wallaceochromis humilis (non Boulenger, 1916) [Probable.

Misidentification (AMNH 222185-1980)]

Type-locality: Parananochromis ornatus – “7 kilometers from Makokou, 00°334’N, 12°45’E, small creek on route Makokou- Ovan , Ivindo system, Gabon ”. Holotype: MRAC A2-011-P-10. Paratypes: AMNH 230704 (4), 232113 (2), 233349 (4, 3 c&s); CUMV 87043 (2); MRAC A2-011-P-11-14 (4); NMW 94632 (2) .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 5.2 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (B2ab(iii) / 2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, occurring in the Ivindo system in eastern Gabon and the Ogowe system in the vicinity of Okondja (Lamboj and Stiassny, 2003).