Ctenopoma petherici 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 : 228

Ctenopoma petherici Günther, 1864

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 17.4 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: known to have a typical Nilo-Sudanian distribution. It is found in the White Nile, Egypt and Sudan, the Lake Chad drainage, the entire Niger River drainage (except the lower Niger, where it is replaced by C. kingsleyae ), the Senegal and Gambia Rivers and coastal drainages in Ghana, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire. Also reported from Gabon ( Gosse, 1986). However, the presence of this species must be verified according to the known distribution of the species which is mainly Nilo-Sudanian.