Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879

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 : 127

Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879

Mormyrus simus (Sauvage, 1879) [Synonym: senior, new�

Petrocephalus schoutedeni non Poll, 1954 [Misidentification] Type-locality: Petrocephalus simus – “Doumé, about 00°51’S, 12°56’E, Ogôoué River , near Lastoursville, Gabon ”. Syntypes: MNHN A-0892 (2) .

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 12 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: endemic to the Lower Guinea region, where it is present in the Ntem River, the entire Ogowe River basin including the Ivindo, the Rembo Nkomi and the Nyanga in the southern part of Gabon. It is also recorded from Luongo River, Zambia and from Angola.