Aphyosemion maculatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977

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 : 259

Aphyosemion maculatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977

Type-locality: Aphyosemion maculatum – “Rainforest creek at the Koumameyong-Ovan National highway. No.4, 33 kilometers east Koumameyong, 20 kilometers west Ovan, northern Gabon ”. Holotype: NMW 90754 (1 of 4). Paratypes: MRAC 77-17-P-477-481 (5), NMW 90754 (3 of 4).

Occurrence: endemic

Maximum length: 5 cm TL

Water type: freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, preserved

Distribution and remarks: a Lower Guinea endemic, found on the inland plateau of northern Gabon, in the Okano River, between Koumameyong and Lalara. Specimens from south-eastern Equatorial Guinea belong to undescribed species, looking similar but not related to A. maculatum by DNA studies (Van der Zee, pers. com.).