Hypleurochilus aequipinnis (Günther, 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 : 274

Hypleurochilus aequipinnis (Günther, 1861)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 7.5 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-2? m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: found from the coast of Victoria in Cameroon and at Lome in Togo. Report- ed from Senegal and São Tome Island. One record from Republic of the Congo and from Cameroon. Observed during scientific dives around Port-Gentil (De Bruyne and Wozniak, pers. obs.).