Synodontis acanthoperca Friel & Vigliotta, 2006

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 : 158

Synodontis acanthoperca Friel & Vigliotta, 2006 ( Photo 19 )

Type-locality: Synodontis acanthoperca – “ Ogôoué River at and below the rapids of Massoukou (Masuku), 01°39’30”S, 13°32’14”E, Haut-Ogôoué Province, Gabon / Rivière Ogooué au niveau et sous les rapides de Massoukou ‘Masuku), Province du Haut-Ogoué, Gabon ”. Holotype: CUMV 89005. Paratypes: AMNH 236128 (4); CUMV 80105 (8), 89006 (2); MRAC A4-13-P-1 (1); SAIAB 74202 (1) .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 4.59 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, known from the type locality the Rapids of Massoukou (Masuku) on the Ogowe River and a second population in the rapids on the Louetsi River near Bongolo, in Gabon.

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Photo 19. – Mochokidae: Synodontis acanthoperca © Thomas R. Vigliotta:AMNH.