Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther, 1864)

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 : 148

Bryconalestes longipinnis (Günther, 1864)

Alestes longipinnis (Günther, 1864) [Synonym: senior, new�

Brycinus longipinnis (Günther, 1864) [Synonym: senior, new�

Brycinus chaperi Sauvage, 1882 ) [Synonym: junior, new�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 16.4 cm TL

Water type: brackish, freshwater

Environment: pelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: distributed along the entire Atlantic coast, from Gambia to the Republic of the Congo. In Lower Guinea, it is found in lower courses of large rivers and entire course of small coastal basins. Arroyave et al. (2019) used DNA barcoding to demonstrate that this species likely represents a complex of morphologically similar species, suggesting that the actual range of the true B. longipinnis is smaller than currently conceived.