Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & Blum, 2005

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 : 255

Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & Blum, 2005 (Photo

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Type-locality: Aphyosemion etsamense – “Western slopes of the Monts de Cristal , small river at village of Etsam I, crossing the road N5 from Medoneu to Kougouleu, 00°46’34.1”N, 10°24’03”E, northwestern Gabon / Gabon, sur les pentes Ouest des Monts de Cristal, petite rivière dans le village Etsam I, au niveau de la route N5 de Medoneu to Kougouleu ”. Holotype :: ZFMK 39832. Paratypes: IRET uncat (2); MRAC A4-42-P-1-4 (4); ZFMK 39833-42 (10), 39843 (1), 39844-46 (3) .

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 3.24 cm SL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: DD – Data deficient (2010)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: only known from some populations found in rivulets along the road N5 between Medouneu and Kougouleu in Monts de Cristal (North-West of Gabon). Considered also as a very aberrant population of A. cameronense .