Clepticus africanus Heiser, Moura & Robertson, 2000

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 : 289

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12713167
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E3DC-3F80-762D-DD91EB58FCA1
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scientific name	Clepticus africanus Heiser, Moura & Robertson, 2000
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 17.55 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range: 0-10 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data Deficient (2010)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: North-east Atlantic: North coast of São Tome, in the Gulf of Guinea ( Heiser et al., 2000). Observed during scientific dives around Port-Gentil and Wonga Wongue which increase the known distribution of the species (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).

References

HEISER J. B., DE MOURA R. L. & ROBERTSON D. R., 2000. - Two new species of creole wrasse (Labridae: Clepticus) from opposite sides of the Atlantic. Aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol., 4 (2): 67 - 76.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Labridae
Genus	Clepticus

Specimens