Aplocheilichthys spilauchen ( Duméril, 1861 )

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 : 264

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E3C3-3F9F-762D-DD12EABAFC78
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scientific name	Aplocheilichthys spilauchen ( Duméril, 1861 )
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Aplocheilichthys spilauchen ( Duméril, 1861) View in CoL

Poecilia spilauchena Duméril, 1861 View in CoL [ Synonym : senior, original� Type-locality: Poecilia spilauchena View in CoL – Gabon River [= Ogooué �. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-2936. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1997-4083 [ex MNHN 0000-2936� (2).

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 7 cm TL

Water type: brackish, freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: found from the mouth of the Senegal River in Senegambia, to the mouth of the Benju or Bengo River in north-western Angola. This species is a complex of species as genetically deeply separated populations show different morphological characters ( Bragança et al., 2021).

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References

BRAGANCA P. H. N., VAN DER ZEE J. R., CHAKONA A., SCHMIDT R. C. & STIASSNY M. L. J., 2021. - Following the Mangroves: diversification in the banded lampeye Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Dumeril 1861) (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae) along the Atlantic coast of Africa. Hydrobiologia, 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10. 1007 / s 10750 - 020 - 04497 - 3 (0123456789

DUMERIL A. H. A., 1861. - Poissons de la cote occidentale d'Afrique. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris v. 10 [for 1858 �: 241 - 268, Pls. 20 - 23. [Apparently published in 1861 �

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Cyprinodontiformes
Family	Poeciliidae
Genus	Aplocheilichthys